Any payment of a widowed parent’s allowance made under section 39A Section 39A was inserted by section 55(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30) and amended by sections 254(1) and 261(4) of, and paragraph 20 of schedule 24 and schedule 30 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), section 1(3) and paragraph 3 of schedule 1 of the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c. 6), section 51 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5), section 31(5) and paragraph 12 of schedule 16 of the Pensions Act 2014, S.I. 2014/560, S.I. 2014/3229 and S.I. 2019/1458.
to the survivor of a cohabiting partnership (within the meaning of section 39A(7) of the 1992 Act) who is entitled to a widowed parent’s allowance for a period prior to 9 February 2023, and
in respect of any period of time during the period ending with the day before the survivor makes a claim for widowed parent’s allowance,
but only for a period of 52 weeks beginning with the date of receipt of the payment or 15 May 2023, whichever is the later.