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(1)This section applies where a person’s spouse [F2or civil partner] has died or maybe presumed to have died on or after the appointed day and the circumstances are such that—
(a)more than 12 months have elapsed since the date of death; and
(b)either—
(i)the spouse’s [F3or civil partner's] body has not been discovered or identified or, if it has been discovered and identified, the surviving spouse [F2or civil partner] does not know that fact; or
(ii)less than 12 months have elapsed since the surviving spouse [F2or civil partner] first knew of the discovery and identification of the body.
(2)Where this section applies, notwithstanding that any time prescribed for making a claim for a bereavement benefit in respect of the death has elapsed, then—
(a)in any case falling within paragraph (b)(i) of subsection (1) above, where it has been decided under Article 9 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 that the spouse [F2or civil partner] has died or is presumed to have died; or
(b)in any case falling within paragraph (b)(ii) of subsection (1) above where the identification was made not more than 12 months before the surviving spouse [F2or civil partner] first knew of the discovery and identification of the body,
such a claim may be made or treated as made at any time before the expiration of the period of 12 months beginning with the date on which that decision was made or, as the case may be, the date on which the surviving spouse [F2or civil partner] first knew of the discovery and identification.
(3)If, in a case where a claim for a bereavement benefit is made or treated as made by virtue of this section, the claimant would, apart from subsection (2) of section 1 above, be entitled to—
(a)a bereavement payment in respect of the spouse’s [F3or civil partner's] death more than 12 months before the date on which the claim is made or treated as made; or
(b)any other bereavement benefit in respect of his or her death for a period more than 12 months before that date,
then, notwithstanding anything in that section, the surviving spouse [F2or civil partner] shall be entitled to that payment or, as the case may be, to that other benefit F4....
(4)In subsection (1) above “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
F1S. 3 and preceding cross-heading substituted (24.4.2000 for certain purposes, otherwise 9.4.2001) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 67, Sch. 8 para. 16 (with art. 75); S.R. 2000/133, art. 2(3)(a), Sch. Pt. I
F2Words in s. 3 inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(8)(d), Sch. 24 para. 108(a); S.I. 2005/3255, art. 2(1), Sch.
F3Words in s. 3 inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(8)(d), Sch. 24 para. 108(b); S.I. 2005/3255, art. 2(1), Sch.
F4Words in s. 3(3) repealed (6.4.2003) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), s. 61, Sch. 6; S.I. 2003/962, art. 2(3)(e), Sch. 1
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