Regulation 8 Amendment of the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982

The Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982^f1 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

In regulation 1(2) (definitions) at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order, insert—

• ““bereavement benefit” means a benefit referred to in section 20(1)(ea) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;”.

In regulation 2(2) (which provides that a person is not to be disqualified from receiving certain benefits in cases of imprisonment or detention pending criminal proceedings unless a penalty is imposed in respect of such proceedings)^f2 after “widow’s benefit,”, insert “bereavement benefit,”.