Regulation 8 Compensation on death

In regulation 11 (duration of compensation on death) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs–

“(1)

Subject to paragraphs (1A) and (4), a person’s short–term compensation under regulation 9 is payable from the day after that of the death, and the duration of the short–term compensation payable shall be ascertained from the table below.

TABLE

Category	Person entitled to short–term compensation	Duration of compensation (months)
1	Spouse or nominated beneficiary but with no child	3
2	Spouse or nominated beneficiary but with one child or more	6
3	No spouse or nominated beneficiary but one child or more	6

(1A)

On the death of a spouse or nominated beneficiary before the termination of the short–term compensation payable under Category 2 of the table in paragraph (1), the balance of compensation is payable to the child or children as the case may be.”