15If a contributor who had to his or her credit 5 or more years of pensionable service dies without leaving a surviving spouse, surviving common-law partner or children, or if a surviving spouse’s pension, surviving common-law partner’s pension or children’s pension is not payable or ceases to be payable under this Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may grant to a person, who, being a member of the contributor’s family, was at the time of the contributor’s death wholly or partly dependent upon the contributor’s earnings, a pension in an amount not exceeding the amount of the surviving spouse’s pension or surviving common-law partner’s pension that was being paid or could have been paid under section 13, and the pension shall end no later than the end of the eligible survivor benefit period as defined in subsection 8500(1) of the Income Tax Regulations under the Income Tax Act (Canada).
15Where a contributor who had to his credit five or more years pensionable service dies without leaving a surviving spouse or children or where a surviving spouse’s or children’s pension is no longer payable under this Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may grant to a person, who, being a member of the contributor’s family, was at the time of the death of the contributor wholly or partly dependent upon his earnings, a pension in an amount not exceeding the amount of the surviving spouse’s pension that was being paid or could have been paid pursuant to section 13, and the pension shall end no later than the end of the eligible survivor benefit period as defined in subsection 8500(1) of the Income Tax Regulations under the Income Tax Act (Canada).