Commencement for entitlement to bereavement payment and bereavement support payment3

1

This Order shall not come into operation in accordance with Article 1(2) for a person to whom this Article applies.

2

This Article applies to a person—

a

whose spouse or civil partner died in the 12 months before 6th April 2017;

b

who would have been entitled to a bereavement payment under section 36 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (bereavement payment) if the person had made a claim for it;

c

who formed a new marriage or civil partnership; and

d

whose new spouse or civil partner dies—

i

on or after 6th April 2017, and

ii

within 12 months of the death referred to in sub-paragraph (a).

3

This Order shall come into operation for a person to whom this Article applies—

a

at the end of the period of 12 months starting on the day on which the death referred to in paragraph (2)(a) occurred, for the purposes of entitlement to a bereavement payment for the death referred to in paragraph (2)(a); and

b

on 6th April 2017, for the purposes of entitlement to bereavement support payment for the death referred to in paragraph (2)(d).