71.If the deceased person had neither a spouse, civil partner nor cohabitant, or where any such partner has themselves since died without having accepted an offer under the redress scheme for a next of kin payment, the specified next of kin will be the child or children of the deceased person (subsection (3), as read with subsection (1)(b)). The term “child” includes a stepchild, or a person treated as a child of the deceased person by them (subsection (4)), and the right to apply for a next of kin payment will pass to them.
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