248.—(1) In this section—

“benefit” means—

(a) F1452[illness benefit],

(b) F1453[jobseeker’s benefit],

F1454[(ba) jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed),]

F1455[(baa) jobseeker’s pay-related benefit,]

F1456[(bb) Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment,]

(c) injury benefit,

(d) carer’s benefit,

(e) F1457[State pension (contributory)],

(f) F1458[State pension (transition)],

(g) invalidity pension,

(h) F1459[jobseeker’s allowance],

(i) F1460[State pension (non-contributory)],

(j) blind pension,

(k) F1461[incapacity supplement],

(l) supplementary welfare allowance,

(m) pre-retirement allowance,

(n) disability allowance,

(o) farm assist,

F1462[(p) bereaved partner’s (contributory) pension,]

(q) one-parent family payment,

(r) death benefit under section 81

(s) carer’s F1463[allowance,]

F1464[(t) working family payment,

(u) back to work family dividend;]

“relevant person” has the meaning given to it by section 99(1) or, as appropriate, section 179(1).

[1993 s210(2); 2004 (MP) s5(1)]

(2) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in this Act—

F1465[(a) where a person who is in receipt of a benefit dies, and—

(i) he or she was receiving an increase in respect of a qualified adult, or

(ii) his or her spouse, civil partner or cohabitant is in receipt of a benefit in his or her own right,

payment of the deceased person’s benefit shall, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, continue to be made for 6 weeks after his or her death and shall be paid, as the case may be, to the deceased person’s qualified adult, spouse, civil partner or cohabitant,]

(b) where a qualified child, in respect of whom an increase of a benefit is being paid, dies, the amount of the increase shall continue to be made for 6 weeks after the date of death,

(c) where a person is in receipt of one-parent family payment by virtue of having not more than one qualified child and that qualified child dies, payment of the one-parent family payment including the increase in respect of that child shall continue to be made for 6 weeks after the date of death of the qualified child,

(d) where a qualified adult in respect of whom an increase of benefit is being paid, dies, payment of the increase shall continue to be made for 6 weeks after the date of death,

(e) where a person is in receipt of carer’s benefit F1466[…] and the relevant person in respect of whom that carer is providing full-time care and attention dies, payment of the carer’s benefit F1466[…] shall continue to be made for 6 weeks after the death of the relevant person,

F1467[(ea) where a person is in receipt of carer’s allowance and the relevant person in respect of whom that carer is providing full-time care and attention dies, payment of the carer’s allowance shall continue to be made for 12 weeks after the death of the relevant person,]

F1468[(eb) where a person is in receipt of domiciliary care allowance and the qualified child for the purpose of the payment of that allowance dies, payment of the domiciliary care allowance shall continue to be made for 3 months after the death of the child,]

F1469[(ec) F1470[…]]

F1469[(ed) F1470[…]]

F1471[(ec) where a person is in receipt of parent’s benefit and the child in respect of whom that person is providing or assisting with his or her care dies, payment of the parent’s benefit shall continue to be made,]

F1472[(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,]

(f) in any case where payment is made by virtue of F1473[paragraph (a), (d), F1474[(ed) or (ee)]], entitlement to F1475[bereaved partner’s (contributory) pension, bereaved partner’s (non-contributory) pension], F1476[guardian’s payment (contributory)], F1477[guardian’s payment (non-contributory)], death benefit under section 81 or 83 or entitlement to one-parent family payment by virtue of F1478[being a bereaved partner,] shall not begin until after the end of the period of 6 weeks mentioned in F1473[paragraph (a), (d), F1474[(ed) or (ee)]] except and to the extent that regulations otherwise provide.