Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

[F1 36 Bereavement payment. N.I.

(1) A person whose spouse [F2 or civil partner] dies on or after the appointed day shall be entitled to a bereavement payment if—

(a) either that person was under pensionable age at the time when the spouse [F2 or civil partner] died or the spouse [F2 or civil partner] was then not entitled to a Category A retirement pension under section 44 below; and

(b) the spouse [F2 or civil partner] satisfied the contribution condition for a bereavement payment specified in Schedule 3, Part I, paragraph 4.

[F3 (2) A bereavement payment shall not be payable to a person if—

(a) that person and a person of the opposite sex to whom that person was not married were living together as husband and wife at the time of the spouse’s or civil partner’s death, or

(b) that person and a person of the same sex who was not his or her civil partner were living together as if they were civil partners at the time of the spouse’s or civil partner’s death.]

(3) In this section “the appointed day” means the day appointed for the coming into operation of Articles 51 to 53 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 36 substituted (24.4.2000 for specified purposes and 9.4.2001 otherwise) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 51(1); S.R. 2000/133, art. 2(3)(a), Sch. Pt. I

F2 Words in s. 36(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(8)(d), Sch. 24 para. 70(2); S.I. 2005/3255, art. 2(1), Sch.

F3 S. 36(2) substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(8)(d), Sch. 24 para. 70(3); S.I. 2005/3255, art. 2(1), Sch.