Regulation 25 Duration of compensation on deathI1
England and Wales
Subject to paragraph (3), a person’s short-term compensation is payable from the day after that of the death, and the duration of the short-term compensation payable is to be ascertained from the table below.
Table
| Category | Person entitled to short-term compensation | Duration of compensation (months) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spouse, civil partner, surviving nominated partner or nominated beneficiary | 3 |
| 2 | One child or more and adult compensation is payable | 3 |
| 3 | One child or more and no adult compensation is payable | 6 |
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In the table above “adult compensation” means short-term compensation payable to a spouse, civil partner, surviving nominated partner or nominated beneficiary.
Subject to paragraph (3), a person’s long-term compensation is payable for life—
from the day following that on which the person’s short-term compensation ceases to be payable; or
if no short-term compensation was payable, from the day after that of the death.
Short-term or long-term compensation payable to or for the benefit of a child ceases to be payable when the child ceases to be an eligible child.
Annotations
Commencement
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Reg. 25 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1