# The Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982, Regulation 26: Death benefit for relatives


For the purposes of section 72 (death benefit for such relatives of a deceased insured person as may be prescribed) the relatives shall be the persons who bear any such relationship to the deceased as is specified in Schedule 5 to these regulations (otherwise than as a parent within the meaning of section 71 (death benefit for parents)), and shall include any person who would be such a relative if some person born illegitimate had been born legitimate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/1408/regulation/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-general-benefit-regulations-1982/regulation-26
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