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Regulation 11 Duration of compensation on death

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(1)

Subject to paragraph (4), a person’s short-term compensation under regulation 9 is payable from the day after that of the death and ceases to be payable–

(a)

after two months if he is the only child to or for whose benefit it was payable,

(b)

after three months if he is not a child,

(c)

after four months if he is one of two or more children to or for whose benefit it was payable,

or on his death if earlier.

(2)

Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), a person’s long-term compensation under regulation 10 is payable–

(a)

from the day on which his short-term compensation ceases to be payable, or

(b)

if no short–term compensation was payable, from the day after that of the death,

and is payable for life.

(3)

Unless the compensating authority determines otherwise in the particular case, long-term adult compensation is not payable during or after any marriage or period of cohabitation outside marriage.

(4)

Short-term or long-term compensation payable to or for the benefit of a child ceases to be payable when he ceases to be a child.