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.