Commencement for entitlement to bereavement payment and bereavement support payment4
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).