Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2025

Amendment of section 162 of Principal Act

12. The Principal Act is amended in section 162—

(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) In this Chapter, save where the context otherwise requires—

‘bereaved partner’ has the meaning given to it in section 123;

‘civil partner’ has the meaning given to it in section 123;

‘deceased partner’ has the meaning given to it in section 123;

‘pension’ means a bereaved partner’s (non-contributory) pension;

‘weekly means’ shall, subject to Rule 1(1) of Part 5 of Schedule 3, be the yearly means divided by 52;

‘widow’ has the meaning given to it in section 123;

‘widower’ has the meaning given to it in section 123.”,

and

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a):

“(aa) a bereaved partner who—

(i) has married or remarried,

(ii) has entered into a civil partnership or entered into a new civil partnership, or

(iii) becomes a qualified cohabitant or again becomes a qualified cohabitant,

shall not be regarded as the bereaved partner of his or her former spouse, civil partner or qualified cohabitant, as the case may be.”,

and

(ii) by the deletion of paragraphs (b) and (c).