# The Social Security (Child Maintenance Bonus) Regulations 1996, Regulation 7: Death of a person with care of a child

Extent: E+W+S

(1) In a case where—
(a) the person (A) with care of a qualifying child to whom child maintenance is payable dies;
(b) on the date of her death, the person (A) was entitled or, where she has a partner, her partner was entitled to a qualifying benefit or had been so entitled within the 12 weeks ending on the date of her death;
(c) after the death, another person (B), who is a close relative of the person (A) and who was not before the death a person with the care of the child, becomes the person with care; and
(d) that other person was entitled or, where the other person has a partner, the other person or her partner was entitled to a qualifying benefit on the day the person (A) died or becomes entitled to a qualifying benefit within 12 weeks of the day on which the person (A) was last entitled to a qualifying benefit,
then any weeks forming part of the bonus period of the person (A) which was current at the date of her death or within 12 weeks of the date on which she died shall be treated as part of the bonus period of the person (B) to the extent that those weeks are not otherwise a part of her bonus period.
(2) In this Regulation, “close relative" means a parent, parent-in-law, son, son-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, step-parent, step-son, step-daughter, brother, sister, or if any of the preceding persons is one member of a couple, the other member of that couple.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3195/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-child-maintenance-bonus-regulations-1996/regulation-7
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