Part 5Bereavement support payment
32Bereavement support payment: prisoners
(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.