Pensions Act 2014 (c. 19)

Part 5 E+W+S Bereavement support payment

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 5 modified (6.4.2017) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/159), arts. 1, 2, Schs. 1-3

31 Bereavement support payment: contribution condition and amendments E+W+S

(1) For the purposes of section 30(1)(d) the contribution condition is that, for at least one tax year during the deceased's working life—

(a) he or she actually paid Class 1 or Class 2 national insurance contributions, and

(b) those contributions give rise to an earnings factor (or total earnings factors) equal to or greater than 25 times the lower earnings limit for the tax year.

(2) For earnings factors, see sections 22 and 23 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.

(3) For the purposes of section 30(1)(d) the contribution condition is to be treated as met if the deceased was an employed earner and died as a result of—

(a) a personal injury of the kind mentioned in section 94(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, or

(b) a disease or personal injury of the kind mentioned in section 108(1) of that Act.

(4) In this section the following expressions have the meaning given by section 122(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992—

• “employed earner”,

• “lower earnings limit”,

• “tax year”, and

• “working life”.

(5) Schedule 16 contains amendments to do with bereavement support payment.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 31(1)-(4) in force at 8.3.2017 for specified purposes by S.I. 2017/297, art. 3(1)(a)

I2 S. 31(1)-(4) in force at 6.4.2017 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2017/297, art. 3(1)(b)

I3 S. 31(5) in force at 8.2.2017 for specified purposes by S.I. 2017/111, reg. 5(a)

I4 S. 31(5) in force at 6.4.2017 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2017/297, art. 3(2) (with arts. 4, 5)