SCHEDULE 4

Capital to be disregarded
PART 5

Payments
23
1
A payment made within the past 52 weeks of bereavement support payment in respect of the rate set out in regulation 3(2) or (5) of the Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017 (rate of bereavement support payment) .
2
Where bereavement support payment under section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014 is paid to the survivor of a cohabiting partnership (within the meaning of section 30(6B) of that Act) in respect of a death occurring before 9 February 2023, any amount of that payment which is—
a
in respect of the rate set out in regulation 3(1) of the Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017, and
b
paid as a lump sum for more than one monthly recurrence of the day of the month on which their cohabiting partner died,
but only for a period of 52 weeks beginning with the date of receipt of the payment or 15 May 2023, whichever is the later.
S.I. 2017/410.
Sch. 4 para. 23 renumbered as sch. 4 para. 23(1) (15.5.2023) by The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/113), regs. 1, 3(2)(a)
Sch. 4 para. 23 in force at 1.4.2022, see reg. 1
Sch. 4 para. 23(2) inserted (15.5.2023) by The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/113), regs. 1, 3(2)(b)