# The Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982, Regulation 27: Death benefit under section 72 for a posthumous son or daughter


The provisions of section 72 shall apply to a posthumous son or daughter (whether legitimate or illegitimate) of a deceased man as if—
(a) for the conditions specified in subsection (1) there were substituted the condition that the mother of such son or daughter was at the deceased's death being wholly or mainly maintained by the deceased, or would but for the relevant accident have been so maintained; and
(b) the conditions specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2), and every reference to death benefit by way of a gratuity or an allowance and to the several conditions for the receipt of such benefit, were omitted; and
(c) in subsection (7)—
(i) the references to a relative who was a child at the deceased's death were references to a relative who is a posthumous son or daughter of the deceased; and
(ii) for paragraph (b) there were substituted the following paragraph—
“(b) unless such relative is on ceasing to be a child permanently incapable of self-support by reason of some physical or mental infirmity which is congenital in origin.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/1408/regulation/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-general-benefit-regulations-1982/regulation-27
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