(1) Death benefit shall be payable to the widow, widower or surviving civil partner of the deceased.
(2) Death benefit shall be a pension at the weekly rate set out in column (2) of Part 1 of Schedule 2, and where the beneficiary has attained pensionable age and is living alone, that rate shall be increased by the amount set out in column (6) of that Part.
(3) A pension under subsection (2) shall not be payable for any period after the marriage or remarriage of the beneficiary or the entry by the beneficiary into a civil partnership or a new civil partnership.
(4) A beneficiary shall be disqualified for receiving a pension under this section if and so long as he or she is a cohabitant.
(5) The weekly rate of pension under subsection (2) shall be increased by the amount set out -
(a) in column (4) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 in respect of each qualified child who has not attained the age of 12 years who normally resides with the beneficiary, and
(b) in column (5) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 in
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