# The Social Security (Bereavement Benefits Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000, Regulation 3: Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In Schedule 1 (applicable amounts)—
(a) in paragraph 5 (premiums) for “paragraphs 10 to 17” there shall be substituted “paragraphs 9A to 17”;
(b) immediately before paragraph 10 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“Bereavement Premium
9A (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 Benefits Act in respect of the death of a spouse who died on or after 9th April 2001, and
(c) is claiming a jobseeker’s allowance as a single claimant.
(2) A premium under sub-paragraph (1) shall not be applicable in respect of a claimant who claims a jobseeker’s allowance 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 an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or to be a single claimant, a premium under sub-paragraph (1) shall only again be applicable to that claimant where he claims a jobseeker’s allowance as a single claimant no more than 8 weeks after the date on which he ceased to be entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or to income support or, as the case may be, to be a single claimant.”;
(c) immediately before sub-paragraph (2) in the table in paragraph 20 (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.
”.
(3) In Schedule 6 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) after paragraph 17(f) there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs—
“(g) any widowed mother’s allowance paid pursuant to section 37 of the Benefits Act;
(h) any widowed parent’s allowance paid pursuant to section 39A of the Benefits Act.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/260/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-bereavement-benefits-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-3
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