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25.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a person’s short-term compensation is payable from the day after that of the death, and the duration of the short-term compensation payable is to be ascertained from the table below.
Category | Person entitled to short-term compensation | Duration of compensation (months) |
---|---|---|
1 | Spouse, civil partner, surviving nominated partner or nominated beneficiary | 3 |
2 | One child or more and adult compensation is payable | 3 |
3 | One child or more and no adult compensation is payable | 6 |
In the table above “adult compensation” means short-term compensation payable to a spouse, civil partner, surviving nominated partner or nominated beneficiary.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a person’s long-term compensation is payable for life—
(a)from the day following that on which the person’s short-term compensation ceases to be payable; or
(b)if no short-term compensation was payable, from the day after that of the death.
(3) Short-term or long-term compensation payable to or for the benefit of a child ceases to be payable when the child ceases to be an eligible child.
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