Notwithstanding any other provision herein, beginning after 1986, any and all benefit distributions made under the plan on or after shall be made in accordance with a reasonable and good faith interpretation of Section 401(a)(9) of the Code, including the incidental death benefit requirements of section 401(a)(9). In accordance with this requirement, the following rules shall apply:
A. Distributions that begin during the member's lifetime shall begin no later than April 1 following the calendar year in which the member retires or the calendar year in which the member attains age 70 1/2 and be distributed over the life of the member or the joint lives of the member and his beneficiary (or over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of the member or the joint life expectancy of the member and his beneficiary).
B. If a member dies before his entire interest has been distributed, the remaining portion shall be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used as of the date of the member's death.
C. If the member dies before receiving any distributions from the plan and A) the death benefit is payable to his surviving spouse, such death benefit shall be distributed over a period not exceeding such spouse's life (or life expectancy) beginning no later than: 1) December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the member died; or 2) December 31 of the calendar year in which the member would have attained age 70 1/2; B) the death benefit is payable to a designated beneficiary other than the member's surviving spouse, such death benefit shall be distributed to such beneficiary over a period not exceeding the beneficiary's life (or life expectancy) beginning no later than December 31 of the calendar year following the member's death; and C) if the death benefit is not payable to the member's surviving spouse or designated beneficiary, the member's entire interest will be paid no later than December 31 of the calendar year which includes the fifth anniversary of the member's date of death.