# The Social Security (Benefits for Widows and Widowers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001, Regulation 6: Amendment of the Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations

Extent: N.I.

(1) The Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).
(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation)—
(a) after the definition of “the Contributions Regulations” there shall be inserted—
““bereavement allowance” means an allowance referred to in section 39B of the Contributions and Benefits Act;”;
“bereavement benefit” means a benefit referred to in section 20(1)(ea) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;“???”;
(b) after the definitions of “ “widow’s benefit” and “widow’s pension” ” there shall be inserted—
““widowed parent’s allowance” means an allowance referred to in section 39A of the Contributions and Benefits Act;”.
(3) In regulation 4 (modification of the Act in relation to widow’s benefit, child’s special allowance, guardian’s allowance and retirement pension)—
(a) in the heading and in paragraph (1) after “widow’s benefit,” there shall be inserted “bereavement benefit”,
(b) after paragraph (2A) there shall be inserted—
“(2B) In the case of a bereavement payment, paragraph (1) above shall apply only where—
(a) the deceased spouse was in Northern Ireland at the time of his or her death;
(b) sub-paragraph (a) above does not apply but the surviving spouse returned to Northern Ireland within 4 weeks of the deceased spouse’s death; or
(c) the contribution conditions for widowed parent’s allowance and bereavement allowance set out in paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Contributions and Benefits Act or in regulation 6 of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 are satisfied in relation to the surviving spouse.”.
(4) In regulation 5(3)(d) (which provides that a person’s disqualification from receiving any additional widow’s benefit shall not be affected where the widow’s husband had become entitled to a Category A retirement pension or died before the appointed date) for “if her husband” there shall be substituted “or bereavement benefit if the deceased spouse”.
(5) In regulation 5A(1) (rate of guaranteed minimum pension for certain purposes) after “additional widowed mother’s allowance” there shall be inserted “, bereavement allowance, widowed parent’s allowance”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/108/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-for-widows-and-widowers-consequential-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-6
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