The Bereavement Support Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

Made: 20th March 2017

Coming into operation: 6th April 2017

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Citation and commencement

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Period for which bereavement support payment is payable

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Rate of bereavement support payment

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Persons entitled to the higher rate of bereavement support payment

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Persons entitled to the standard rate of bereavement support payment

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Prisoners who are not to be paid bereavement support payment

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Paying bereavement support payment to persons who are remanded in custody

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Territory in which a person may be entitled to bereavement support payment

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 20th March 2017

Tommy O'Reilly — A senior officer of the — Department for Communities

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2015 c.5 (N.I.). See section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))

[^f00002]: See section 150(5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c.8)

[^f00003]: 1992 c. 7; section 137 was amended by section 2 of the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c.6)

[^f00004]: Section 138(2) was substituted by section 2(2) of the Child Benefit Act 2005

[^f00005]: See section 31(2) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015

[^f00006]: S.I. 1986/595 (NI 4)

[^f00007]: 1968 c. 29 (N.I.); section 18 was amended by Article 9(1) of the Treatment of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1344 (N.I. 15))

[^f00008]: Section 155 was amended by section 30 and paragraph 31 to Schedule 16 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015

Editorial notes

[^key-9f4a98b8f06733dd16c6f24bb267e665]: Regulations revoked (5.10.2017) by The Bereavement Support Payment (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/203), regs. 1, 9

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