# The Social Security (Bereavement Benefits Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000, Regulation 2: Amendment of the Income Support Regulations

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) The Income Support Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) In Schedule 1B (prescribed categories of person) after paragraph 16 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“Certain persons aged between 55 and 60 whose spouse has died
16A A person—
(a) who had, as at 9th April 2001, attained the age of 55 but not the age of 60;
(b) whose spouse died during the period beginning on and including 9th April 2001 and ending on 9th April 2006, and
(c) who is claiming income support as a single claimant.”.
(3) In Schedule 2 (applicable amounts)—
(a) in paragraph 4 (premiums) for “paragraphs 9 to 14ZA” there shall be substituted “paragraphs 8A to 14ZA”;
(b) immediately before paragraph 9 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“Bereavement Premium
8A (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), the condition is that the claimant—
(a) had, as at 9th April 2001, attained the age of 55 but not the age of 60;
(b) was in receipt of, but is no longer entitled to, a bereavement allowance under section 39B of the Contributions and Benefits Act in respect of the death of a spouse who died on or after 9th April 2001, and
(c) is claiming income support as a single claimant.
(2) A premium under sub-paragraph (1) shall not be applicable in respect of a claimant who claims income support more than 8 weeks after the last day on which he was entitled to a bereavement allowance.
(3) Where a claimant to whom a premium under sub-paragraph (1) is applicable, ceases to be entitled to income support or to be a single claimant, a premium under sub-paragraph (1) shall only again be applicable to that claimant where he claims income support as a single claimant no more than 8 weeks after the date on which he ceased to be entitled to income support or to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or, as the case may be, to be a single claimant.”;
(c) immediately before sub-paragraph (2) in the table in paragraph 15 (weekly amounts of premiums specified in Part III) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph respectively in each column—
“
(1A) Bereavement Premium.
(1A) £15·30.
”.
(4) In Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) after paragraph 16(f) there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs—
“(g) any widowed mother’s allowance paid pursuant to section 37 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
(h) any widowed parent’s allowance paid pursuant to section 39A of the Contributions and Benefits Act.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/260/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-bereavement-benefits-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-2
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