[F1Bereavement Premium
9A.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), the condition is that the claimant—
(a)had, as at 9th April 2001, attained the age of 55 but not the age of 60;
(b)was in receipt of, but is no longer entitled to, a bereavement allowance under section 39B of the Benefits Act in respect of the death of a spouse who died on or after 9th April 2001 [F2or of a civil partner who died on or after 5th December 2005]; and
(c)is claiming a jobseeker’s allowance as a single claimant.
(2) A premium under sub-paragraph (1) shall not be applicable in respect of a claimant who claims a jobseeker’s allowance more than 8 weeks after the last day on which he was entitled to a bereavement allowance.
(3) Where a claimant to whom a premium under sub-paragraph (1) is applicable, ceases to be entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or to be a single claimant, a premium under sub-paragraph (1) shall only again be applicable to that claimant where he claims a jobseeker’s allowance as a single claimant no more than 8 weeks after the date on which he ceased to be entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or to income support or, as the case may be, to be a single claimant.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 para. 9A inserted (temp. until 10.4 2006) (9.4.2001) by The Social Security Amendment (Bereavement Benefits) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2239), regs. 1(1), 3(2)(b) (with reg. 6)