Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations 200221
1
The State Pension Credit Regulations 200266 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 15(1) (income for the purposes of the State Pension Credit Act 2002)67, for sub-paragraph (n) substitute—
n
bereavement support payment under section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014;
3
In Part 1 of Schedule V (income from capital: capital disregarded for the purpose of calculating income)68—
a
in paragraph 20(2), after paragraph (p) insert—
q
bereavement support payment under section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014.
b
after paragraph 23D, insert—
23E
A payment 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), but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.