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Regulation 11 Amendments relating to support scheme payments for recently bereaved partners

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(1)

In regulation 59, after paragraph (4) insert—

“(4A)

For the purposes of this Part, an IBSS-registered affected person (“A”) is in a recent bereavement period during the 12-month period beginning with the calendar month after the month in which the person in respect of whom A is an IBSS-registered affected person died.”.

(2)

In regulation 60—

(a)

in paragraph (4)(a)—

(i)

in paragraph (ii), after “where E is an IBSS-registered affected person” insert “who is, on the IBSS transfer date, not in a recent bereavement period”;

(ii)

after paragraph (ii) insert—

“(iii)

where E is an IBSS-registered affected person who is, on the IBSS transfer date, in a recent bereavement period, the amount determined in accordance with paragraph (4A).”;

(b)

after paragraph (4) insert—

“(4A)

Where E is an IBSS-registered affected person who is, on the IBSS transfer date, in a recent bereavement period, the IBSS category amount is the sum of—

(a)

(B ÷ 12) × M, where—

(i)

“B” is the amount specified in column 3 of the table in regulation 62 for the IBSS payment category which applied on 31st March 2025 to the person (“A”) in relation to whom E is an IBSS-registered affected person or would have applied to A on that date;

(ii)

“M” is the number of months during the IBSS transfer year during which E is in a recent bereavement period, and

(b)

((B ÷ 12) × 0.75) × N, where—

(i)

“B” has the meaning given in sub-paragraph (a)(i);

(ii)

“N” is the number of months during the IBSS transfer year in which E is not in a recent bereavement period.”.

(3)

In regulation 63 (the IBSS amount: IBSS-registered affected persons)—

(a)

in paragraph (1), for “paragraph (3)” substitute “paragraphs (2A) and (3)”;

(b)

after paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A)

Subject to paragraph (3), where, at the beginning of a year during the Part 5 period other than the IBSS transfer year, A is in a recent bereavement period, the IBSS amount is the sum of—

(a)

(B ÷ 12) × M, where—

(i)

“B” is A’s relevant IBSS category amount;

(ii)

“M” is the number of months during the year during which E is in a recent bereavement period, and

(b)

((B ÷ 12) × 0.75) × N, where—

(i)

“B” is A’s relevant IBSS category amount;

(ii)

“N” is the number of months during the year during which E is not in a recent bereavement period.”;

(c)

in paragraph (3), in the closing words, after “paragraph (1)” insert “or (2A)”.