Pensions Act 2014

32Bereavement support payment: prisonersE+W+S

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(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)β€œPrisoner” means a person (in Great Britain or elsewhere) who isβ€”

(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.

Commencement Information

I1S. 32 in force at 8.3.2017 for specified purposes by S.I. 2017/297, art. 3(1)(a)

I2S. 32 in force at 6.4.2017 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2017/297, art. 3(1)(b)