# The Social Security (Bereavement Benefits Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000, Regulation 4: Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) The Housing Benefit Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) 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 housing benefit as a single claimant.
(2) A premium under sub-paragraph (1) shall, except in a case to which sub-paragraph (4) applies, not be applicable in respect of a claimant who claims housing benefit 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 housing benefit or to be a single claimant, a premium under sub-paragraph (1) shall only again be applicable to that claimant where he claims housing benefit as a single claimant no more than 8 weeks after the date on which he ceased to be entitled to housing benefit or, as the case may be, to be a single claimant.
(4) Where a premium under sub-paragraph (1) becomes applicable to a claimant, it shall again be applicable to that claimant where he claims housing benefit as a single claimant at the end of the benefit period in which it first became applicable and at the end of each subsequent benefit period provided, where he ceases to be a single claimant during the course of any benefit period, he does not cease to be a single claimant for more than 8 weeks.”;
(c) immediately before sub-paragraph (2) in the table in paragraph 15 (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 4 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)—
(a) after paragraph 14 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“14A Subject to paragraph 35, £15 of any—
(a) widowed mother’s allowance paid pursuant to section 37 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
(b) widowed parent’s allowance paid pursuant to section 39A of the Contributions and Benefits Act.”;
(b) in paragraph 35 for “paragraphs 15” there shall be substituted “paragraphs 14A, 15”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/260/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-bereavement-benefits-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-4
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