SCHEDULECapital disregards for lump sum payments of bereavement benefits
Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20036
In Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (capital disregarded for the purpose of calculating income)30—
a
after paragraph 20A insert—
20AA
Any payment of a widowed parent’s allowance made pursuant to section 39A of the Contributions and Benefits Act (widowed parent’s allowance)—
a
to the survivor of a cohabiting partnership (within the meaning in section 39A(7) of the Contributions and Benefits Act) who is entitled to a widowed parent’s allowance for a period before the Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2023 comes into force, and
b
in respect of any period of time during the period ending with the day before the survivor makes the claim for a widowed parent’s allowance,
but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.
b
in section 23D—
i
the existing text becomes sub-paragraph (1);
ii
after that sub-paragraph insert—
2
Where bereavement support payment under section 29 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 is paid to the survivor of a cohabiting partnership (within the meaning in section 29(6B) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015) in respect of a death occurring before the day the Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2023 comes into force, any amount of that payment which is—
a
i
in respect of the rate set out in regulation 3(1) of the Bereavement Support Payment (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (rate of bereavement support payment), and
ii
paid as a lump sum for more than one monthly recurrence of the day of the month on which their cohabiting partner died;
b
in respect of the rate set out in regulation 3(2) of the Bereavement Support Payment (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019,
but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.