Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations19
1
The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200383 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
2
In regulation 15(1) (income for the purposes of the Act) for sub-paragraph (m) substitute—
m
bereavement support payment under section 29 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015;
3
In Part 1 of Schedule 5 (income from capital: capital disregarded for the purpose of calculating income)—
a
in paragraph 20(2) after sub-paragraph (n) insert—
na
bereavement support payment under section 29 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.
b
after paragraph 23C84 insert—
23D
A payment of bereavement support payment in respect of the rate set out in regulation 3(2) or (5) (rate of bereavement support payment) of the Bereavement Support Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017, but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.