Article 3 Commencement for entitlement to bereavement payment and bereavement support paymentI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

This Order does not come into force in accordance with article 1(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 the day on which section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014 came into force for all purposes;

(b)

who would have been entitled to a bereavement payment under section 36 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 if they had made a claim for it;

(c)

who formed a new marriage or civil partnership; and

(d)

whose new spouse or civil partner died—

(i)

on or after the day on which section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014 came into force for all purposes; and

(ii)

within 12 months of the death referred to in sub-paragraph (a).

(3)

This Order comes into force for a person to whom this article applies—

(a)

at the end of the 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 bereavement payment for the death referred to in paragraph (2)(a); and

(b)

on the day on which section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014 comes into force for all purposes, for the purposes of entitlement to bereavement support payment for the death referred to in paragraph (2)(d).

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 3 in force at 6.4.2017 in accordance with, see arts. 1(2), 2, 3