Section 137 (amended by section 11 of the Act of 2008) of the  is amended by substituting the following section for section 137:

“137. Entitlement to widowed or surviving civil partner grant.

(1) Subject to this Act, a grant (in this section referred to as a ‘widowed or surviving civil partner grant’) of €6,000 or any higher amount that may be prescribed, shall be paid to a widow, widower or surviving civil partner on the death of his or her spouse or civil partner who -

(a) is entitled to or in receipt of bereavement grant, or

(b) is entitled to or in receipt of -

(i) death benefit under section 81,

(ii) widow’s (contributory) pension under Chapter 18 of Part 2,

(iii) widower’s (contributory) pension under Chapter 18 of Part 2,

(iv) widow’s (contributory) pension under Chapter 18 of Part 2 or widower’s (contributory) pension under Chapter 18 of Part 2 by virtue of Regulation (EC) No. 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 or by virtue of a reciprocal agreement under section 287,

(v) one-parent family payment,

(vi) State pension (non-contributory), or

(vii) surviving civil partner (con-tributory) pension under Chapter 18 of Part 2,