SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 8 Welfare benefits: minor and consequential amendments
Part I Bereavement benefits
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c.4)
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1
Section 20 (descriptions of contributory benefits) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1)—
a
in paragraph (e), omit sub-paragraph (i); and
b
after that paragraph insert—
ea
bereavement benefits, comprising—
i
bereavement payment;
ii
widowed parent’s allowance (with increase for child dependants);
iii
bereavement allowance;
3
In subsection (2), in the definition of “long-term benefit”, after paragraph (b) insert—
ba
a widowed parent’s allowance;
bb
a bereavement allowance;