1. These Regulations may be cited as the Rate of Bereavement Benefits Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2011.
2. The amount prescribed for the purposes of section 39(2A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (rate of widowed mother’s allowance and widow’s pension), is £97.65.
3. The amount prescribed for the purposes of section 39C(1A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (rate of widowed parent’s allowance and bereavement allowance), is £97.65.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 7th December 2010
(L.S.)
Anne McCleary
A senior officer of the Department for Social Development