The Social Security Amendment (Bereavement Benefits) Regulations 2000

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

3.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) In Schedule 1 (applicable amounts)—

(a) in paragraph 5 M1 , for the words “paragraphs 10" there shall be substituted the words “ paragraphs 9A ”;

(b) after paragraph 8 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“ Bereavement 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; 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.”;

(c) immediately before sub-paragraph (2) in the table in paragraph 20 there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph respectively in each column—

“(1A)Bereavement Premium.

(1A)£15.30.”.

(3) After sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph 17 of Schedule 7 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

“(d) any widowed mother’s allowance paid pursuant to section 37 of the Benefits Act;

(e) any widowed parent’s allowance paid pursuant to section 39A of the Benefits Act.”.

Marginal Citations

M1 Paragraph 5 was amended by S.I. 1996/1803.