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(1)A person is entitled to a benefit called bereavement support payment if—
(a)the person's spouse or civil partner dies,
(b)the person is under pensionable age when the spouse or civil partner dies,
(c)the person is ordinarily resident in Great Britain, or a specified territory, when the spouse or civil partner dies, and
(d)the contribution condition is met (see section 31).
(2)The Secretary of State must by regulations specify—
(a)the rate of the benefit, and
(b)the period for which it is payable.
(3)The regulations may specify different rates for different periods.
(4)In the case of a person who is pregnant or entitled to child benefit in specified circumstances, the regulations may—
(a)specify a higher rate;
(b)provide for the allowance to be payable for a longer period.
(5)A person is not entitled to bereavement support payment for periods after the person has reached pensionable age.
(6)A person is not entitled to bereavement support payment if the death occurred before this section came fully into force.
(7)In this section—
“pensionable age” has the meaning given by the rules in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995;
“specified territory” means a territory specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
Valid from 08/02/2017
(1)For the purposes of section 30(1)(d) the contribution condition is that, for at least one tax year during the deceased's working life—
(a)he or she actually paid Class 1 or Class 2 national insurance contributions, and
(b)those contributions give rise to an earnings factor (or total earnings factors) equal to or greater than 25 times the lower earnings limit for the tax year.
(2)For earnings factors, see sections 22 and 23 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.
(3)For the purposes of section 30(1)(d) the contribution condition is to be treated as met if the deceased was an employed earner and died as a result of—
(a)a personal injury of the kind mentioned in section 94(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, or
(b)a disease or personal injury of the kind mentioned in section 108(1) of that Act.
(4)In this section the following expressions have the meaning given by section 122(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992—
“employed earner”,
“lower earnings limit”,
“tax year”, and
“working life”.
(5)Schedule 16 contains amendments to do with bereavement support payment.
Valid from 08/03/2017
(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that a person is not to be paid bereavement support payment for any period during which the person is a prisoner.
(2)“Prisoner” means a person (in Great Britain or elsewhere) who is—
(a)imprisoned or detained in legal custody, or
(b)unlawfully at large.
(3)In the case of a person remanded in custody for an offence, regulations under subsection (1) may be made so as to apply only if a sentence of a specified description is later imposed on the person for the offence.
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