# The Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982, Paragraph 1


The amount of any gratuity payable by way of death benefit to a beneficiary who is a relative prescribed for the purposes of section 72 and who would, but for the provisions of Schedule 9 to the Act, have been entitled to a pension under the said section 72, shall not exceed 156 times the weekly rate of the contributions which the deceased at his death was or would but for the relevant accident have been making to that beneficiary's maintenance.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/1408/schedule/6/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-general-benefit-regulations-1982/schedule-6/paragraph-1
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