# The Pensions (2015 Act) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017, Article 4: Commencement for entitlement to bereavement payment and bereavement support payment


(1) Section 30(5) and Schedule 16 do not come into operation in accordance with Article 2(2) for a person to whom this Article applies.
(2) This Article applies to a person—
(a) whose spouse or civil partner died in the 12 months before 6th April 2017;
(b) who would have been entitled to a bereavement payment under section 36 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (bereavement payment) if the person had made a claim for it;
(c) who has formed a new marriage or civil partnership; and
(d) whose new spouse or civil partner died—
(i) on or after 6th April 2017; and
(ii) within 12 months of the death referred to in sub-paragraph (a).
(3) Section 30(5) and Schedule 16 come in to operation, to the extent that they are not already in operation, for a person to whom this Article applies—
(a) at the end of a period of 12 months starting on the day on which the death referred to in paragraph (2)(a) occurred, for the purposes of entitlement to a bereavement payment under section 36 of the Contributions and Benefits Act for the death referred to in paragraph (2)(a); and
(b) on 6th April 2017, for the purposes of entitlement to bereavement support payment under section 29 (bereavement support payment) for the death referred to in paragraph (2)(d).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/44/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2015-act-commencement-no-5-order-northern-ireland-2017/article-4
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