# The Pensions Act 2014 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order 2017, Article 2: Later commencement for abolition of bereavement payment and bereavement allowance

Extent: E+W+S

(1) This Order does not come into force in accordance with article 1(2) for a person to whom this article applies (this is subject to article 3).
(2) This article applies to a person who, on the day before the day on which section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014 comes into force for all purposes—
(a) was entitled to—
(i) a bereavement payment under section 36 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (bereavement payment); or
(ii) a bereavement allowance under section 39B of that Act (bereavement allowance where no dependent children); or
(b) would have been entitled to such a benefit if they made a claim for it.
(3) But this article ceases to apply to a person if—
(a) they were entitled to a benefit in accordance with paragraph (2)(a) and they are no longer entitled to that benefit; or
(b) they would have been entitled to a benefit in accordance with paragraph (2)(b) and they would no longer be entitled to that benefit if they made a claim for it.
(4) On the date this article ceases to apply to a person, this Order comes into force for that person.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/422/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2014-consequential-supplementary-and-incidental-amendments-order-2017/article-2
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