SCHEDULECapital disregards for lump sum payments of bereavement benefits
Amendment of the Universal Credit Regulations 201313
In Schedule 10 to the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (capital to be disregarded)37—
a
after paragraph 18 insert—
18ZA
A payment made within the past 12 months of widowed parent’s allowance—
a
to the survivor of a cohabiting partnership (within the meaning in section 39A(7) of the Contributions and Benefits Act) who is entitled to widowed parent’s allowance for a period before the Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2023 comes into force, and
b
in respect of any period of time during the period ending with the day before the survivor makes the claim for widowed parent’s allowance.
b
in paragraph 20—
i
the existing text becomes sub-paragraph (1);
ii
after that sub-paragraph insert—
2
Where bereavement support payment under section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014 (bereavement support payment) has been paid within the past 12 months to the survivor of a cohabiting partnership (within the meaning in section 30(6B) of the Pensions Act 2014) in respect of a death occurring before the day the Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2023 comes into force, any amount of that payment which is—
a
in respect of the rate set out in regulation 3(1) of the Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017, and
b
paid as a lump sum for more than one monthly recurrence of the day of the month on which their cohabiting partner died.