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4.—(1) Section 30(5) and Schedule 16 do not come into operation in accordance with Article 2(2) for a person to whom this Article applies.
(2) This Article applies to a person—
(a)whose spouse or civil partner died in the 12 months before 6th April 2017;
(b)who would have been entitled to a bereavement payment under section 36 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (bereavement payment) if the person had made a claim for it;
(c)who has formed a new marriage or civil partnership; and
(d)whose new spouse or civil partner died—
(i)on or after 6th April 2017; and
(ii)within 12 months of the death referred to in sub-paragraph (a).
(3) Section 30(5) and Schedule 16 come in to operation, to the extent that they are not already in operation, for a person to whom this Article applies—
(a)at the end of a period of 12 months starting on the day on which the death referred to in paragraph (2)(a) occurred, for the purposes of entitlement to a bereavement payment under section 36 of the Contributions and Benefits Act for the death referred to in paragraph (2)(a); and
(b)on 6th April 2017, for the purposes of entitlement to bereavement support payment under section 29 (bereavement support payment) for the death referred to in paragraph (2)(d).
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