The Pensions (2015 Act) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017

Commencement for entitlement to bereavement payment and bereavement support payment

4.—(1) Section 30(5) and Schedule 16 do not come into operation in accordance with Article 2(2) for a person to whom this Article applies.

(2) This Article applies to a person—

(a) whose spouse or civil partner died in the 12 months before 6th April 2017;

(b) who would have been entitled to a bereavement payment under section 36 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (bereavement payment) if the person had made a claim for it;

(c) who has formed a new marriage or civil partnership; and

(d) whose new spouse or civil partner died—

(i) on or after 6th April 2017; and

(ii) within 12 months of the death referred to in sub-paragraph (a).

(3) Section 30(5) and Schedule 16 come in to operation, to the extent that they are not already in operation, for a person to whom this Article applies—

(a) at the end of a period of 12 months starting on the day on which the death referred to in paragraph (2)(a) occurred, for the purposes of entitlement to a bereavement payment under section 36 of the Contributions and Benefits Act for the death referred to in paragraph (2)(a); and

(b) on 6th April 2017, for the purposes of entitlement to bereavement support payment under section 29 (bereavement support payment) for the death referred to in paragraph (2)(d).