Regulation 2 Death grant in respect of children
A death grant shall be payable, subject to paragraph (2), in respect of the death of a child, notwithstanding that it is not payable under section 32(1) of the Act (persons in respect of whose death a grant may be paid), if either—
one of the child's parents is or was a qualifying contributor; or
a qualifying contributor was immediately before the child's death entitled to an increase of benefit in respect of the child under section 41 of the Act, or would have been so entitled had he then been entitled to any benefit in respect of which that section provides an increase.
The amount of the grant payable by virtue of paragraph (1) shall not exceed the amount of the funeral expenses except that this limitation shall not apply where, had the child been in Great Britain, he would have been a child of the family of a parent who is a qualifying contributor.
In this regulation “parent” includes a person who has adopted the child pursuant to an order made in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man or to an overseas adoption within the meaning of section 4 of the Adoption Act 1968.