Paragraph 22B F1

(1)

A payment of bereavement support payment in respect of the rate set out in regulation 3(2) or (5) of the Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017 (rate of bereavement support payment), but only for the period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.

(2)

Where bereavement support payment under section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014 is paid to the survivor of a cohabiting partnership (within the meaning of section 30(6B) of that Act) in respect of a death occurring before 9th February 2023, 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,

but only for a period of 52 weeks beginning with the date of receipt of the payment or 1st April 2024, whichever is later.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 6 paras. 22A, 22B inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/29), regs. 1(1), 9(c)

Notes on Schedule 6

Footnotes

f1: And see also paragraph 17 of Schedule 1.