(1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for sections 59 and 60 (as amended by section 32 of the Act of 1994) of the following sections:
"59. Entitlement to death benefit.
Subject to this Act, death benefit shall be payable as provided for in sections 60 to 63 where -
(a) an insured person dies as a result of personal injury caused on or after the 1st day of May, 1967, by accident arising out of and in the course of his or her employment, being insurable (occupational injuries) employment, or
(b) an insured person dies and where immediately before the date of death he or she was entitled to a disablement pension in respect of disablement assessed at 50 per cent. or more.
60. Death benefit for widows and widowers and increases for qualified children.
(1) Death benefit shall be payable to the widow or widower of the deceased.
(2) Death benefit shall be a pension at the weekly rate set out in column (2) of Part 1 of the Second Schedule, and if the beneficiary has a