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Version date: 29 June 2011 - onwards
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82. Death benefit - parents.

Repealed from 29 June 2011

(1) A parent of the deceased shall be entitled to death benefit where, at the deceased's death, the parent was being wholly or mainly maintained by the deceased, or would but for the relevant accident have been so maintained.

(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the death benefit shall be a pension at the weekly rate set out in column (2) of Part 1 of Schedule 2, increased, in the case of a person who has attained pensionable age -

(a) by the amount set out in column (6) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 where the beneficiary is living alone, and

(b) by the amount set out in column (8) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 where the beneficiary is ordinarily resident on an island.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), the weekly rate of pension payable to a parent shall be -

(a) at the reduced weekly rate, where the deceased was at death a married person,

(b) at the maximum weekly rate, where the deceased was at death a widower, a widow or a single person -

(i) in any case where the parent is the father

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