SCHEDULE 16 Bereavement Support Payment: Amendments

SCHEDULE 16 Bereavement Support Payment: Amendments

Section 31

Forfeiture Act 1982 (c 34)

1

In section 4 of the Forfeiture Act 1982 (Upper Tribunal to decide whether forfeiture rule applies to social security benefits), in the definition of “relevant enactment†in subsection (5), after the entry relating to Part 1 of this Act (inserted by Schedule 12 to this Act) insert—

“section 30 of that Act,â€.

Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c 4)

2

The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is amended as follows.

3

(1)     Section 20 (descriptions of contributory benefits) is amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (1), for paragraph (ea) substitute—

“(ea)     widowed parent's allowance;â€.

(3)     In subsection (2), in the definition of “long-term benefit†omit paragraph (bb).

4

(1)     Section 21 (contribution conditions) is amended as follows.

(2)     In the table in subsection (2) omit the entries for bereavement payment and bereavement allowance.

(3)     Omit subsection (4).

5

In section 22 (earnings factors), in subsection (2), after paragraph (c) (inserted by Schedule 12 to this Act) insert

“a²Ô»å

(d)     establishing entitlement to bereavement support payment under section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014.â€

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(1)

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