Section 23Part 3 — Appointments, Enlistments, Service and Discharge
Special pensions in the event of death or incapacity attributable to performance of duty
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23. (1) Where a police officer in —
the actual discharge of that police officer’s duty and without that police officer’s own default; or Section 24 Police Act (2021 Revision) Page 18 Revised as at 31st December, 2020 c
circumstances specifically attributable to the nature of that police officer’s duty in the Service, sustains an injury and dies within seven years as a result of that injury, it shall be lawful for the Governor in the Governor’s discretion to grant out of funds made available by the Cayman Islands Parliament to the police officer’s spouse or civil partner and to such of the children of the family such pension, in addition to any pension due under the Public Service Pensions Act (2021 Revision), not exceeding two-thirds of the deceased police officer’s salary at the time of that police officer’s death, as the Governor may determine, such pension to be paid to, or on account of the spouse or civil partner and children, in such proportions as the Governor shall, from time to time, decide.
Where a police officer is permanently incapacitated as a result of injuries received in the circumstances set forth in subsection (1), it shall be lawful for the Governor, in the Governor’s discretion, to grant to the police officer, having regard to the degree of that police officer’s permanent incapacity such pension in addition to any pension due under the Public Service Pensions Act (2021 Revision) not exceeding seventy-five per cent of that police officer’s salary at the time of that police officer’s becoming incapacitated as the Governor shall decide.