Social Welfare Act 2020
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Payments after death | ||
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13. (1) Section 248 of the Principal Act is amended— | ||
(a) in subsection (1), in the definition of “benefit”, by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (ba): | ||
“(bb) Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment,”, | ||
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(b) in subsection (2)— | ||
(i) by the deletion of paragraphs (ec) and (ed) (inserted by section 15(b)(ii) of the Act of 2019), | ||
(ii) by the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph (ec) (inserted by section 32 of the Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 ): | ||
“(ed) where a person who is in receipt of working family payment dies, that payment shall continue to be paid, as the case may be, to his or her spouse, civil partner or cohabitant for 6 weeks (or for the remainder of the 52 week period provided for in accordance with section 230, whichever is the lesser) after the date of death of the deceased person, | ||
(ee) where a person who is in receipt of back to work family dividend dies, that payment shall continue to be paid, as the case may be, to his or her spouse, civil partner or cohabitant for 6 weeks (or for the remainder of the 104 week period provided for in accordance with section 238C, whichever is the lesser) after the date of death of the deceased person,”, | ||
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(iii) in paragraph (f), by the substitution of “(ed) or (ee)” for “(ec) or (ed)” in each place where it occurs. | ||
(2)Subsection (1)(a) comes into operation on 4 January 2021. |