Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 5 modified (6.4.2017) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/73), arts. 1, 2
31—(1) The Department may by regulations provide that a person is not to be paid bereavement support payment for any period during which the person is a prisoner.
(2) “Prisoner” means a person (in Northern Ireland or elsewhere) who is—
(a)imprisoned or detained in legal custody, or
(b)unlawfully at large.
(3) In the case of a person remanded in custody for an offence, regulations under subsection (1) may be made so as to apply only if a sentence of a specified description is later imposed on the person for the offence.
Commencement Information
I1S. 31 in operation at 10.3.2017 for specified purposes by S.R. 2017/44, art. 2(1)(a)
I2S. 31 in operation at 6.4.2017 in so far as not already in operation by S.R. 2017/44, art. 2(1)(b)