The Social Security (Benefits for Widows and Widowers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Amendment of the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations

11.—(1) The Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) after the definition of “benefit” there shall be inserted—

““bereavement benefit” means a benefit referred to in section 20(1)(ea) of the Contributions and Benefits Act(2);

“bereavement payment” means the sum specified in Part II of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act (amount of widow’s payment) and referred to in section 36 of that Act(3);”.

(3) In regulation 8(1)(4) (which specifies payments which can be recovered because they were not made on a prescribed date), after sub-paragraph (g) there shall be added—

“(h) any bereavement benefit other than a bereavement payment.”.

(1)

S.R. 1988 No. 142; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1995 No. 150

(2)

The definition of “the Contributions and Benefits Act” was inserted by regulation 21(2)(a) of S.R. 1995 No. 150

(3)

Part II of Schedule 4 is substituted by Article 51(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and section 36 is substituted by paragraph (1) of that Article

(4)

Regulation 8(1) was amended by regulation 14(4) of S.R. 1992 No. 6