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Section 31 Bereavement support payment: prisonersI1I2

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Department may by regulations provide that a person is not to be paid bereavement support payment for any period during which the person is a prisoner.

(2)

“Prisoner” means a person (in Northern Ireland or elsewhere) who is—

(a)

imprisoned or detained in legal custody, or

(b)

unlawfully at large.

(3)

In the case of a person remanded in custody for an offence, regulations under subsection (1) may be made so as to apply only if a sentence of a specified description is later imposed on the person for the offence.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 31 in operation at 10.3.2017 for specified purposes by S.R. 2017/44, art. 2(1)(a)

I2

S. 31 in operation at 6.4.2017 in so far as not already in operation by S.R. 2017/44, art. 2(1)(b)

Notes on Part 5

Modifications

C1

Pt. 5 modified (6.4.2017) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/73), arts. 1, 2

C2

Pt. 5 modified (coming into operation in accordance with art. 1 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security (Ireland) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/77), art. 2; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C3

Pt. 5 modified (1.1.2021) by The Social Security (Norway) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/357), arts. 1(2), 2, Sch.

C4

Pt. 5 modified (9.9.2021) by The Social Security (Switzerland) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/277), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(h), Sch.

C5

Pt. 5 modified (19.10.2023) by The Social Security (Iceland) (Liechtenstein) (Norway) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/181), arts. 1(1), 2, Sch.

C6

Pt. 5 modified (coming into operation in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security (Gibraltar) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/21), arts. 1(3), 2(2)(h)