# Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999, Paragraph 13


(1) Schedule 3 (contribution conditions for entitlement to benefit) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 4(1) (contribution condition for widow’s payment) and in the cross-heading preceding paragraph 4, for “widow’s payment” and “Widow’s payment” substitute “ bereavement payment ” and “ Bereavement payment ” respectively.
(3) In paragraph 5(1) (contribution conditions for widowed mother’s allowance, widow’s pension etc.), after “allowance,” insert “ a widowed parent’s allowance, a bereavement allowance, ”; and in the cross-heading preceding paragraph 5, after “allowance” insert “ , widowed parent’s allowance, bereavement allowance ”.
(4) In paragraph 7(1) and (3) (satisfaction of conditions in early years of contribution), for “widow’s payment” substitute “ bereavement payment ”.
(5) In paragraph 9 (satisfaction of condition where condition for short-term benefit satisfied)—
(a) for “a woman claims a widow’s payment” substitute “ a claim is made for a bereavement payment ”; and
(b) for “widow’s payment” (in the second place where it occurs) substitute “ bereavement payment ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/30/schedule/8/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-pensions-act-1999/schedule-8/paragraph-13
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