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135. Conditions for receipt.

(1) The contribution conditions for a bereavement grant are that before the relevant date the relevant insured person has qualifying contributions in respect of not less than -

(a) 156 contribution weeks since his or her entry into insurance, or

(b) 26 contribution weeks since his or her entry into insurance, and

(i) has qualifying contributions, voluntary contributions or credited contributions in respect of not less than 39 contribution weeks in the second last complete contribution year before the beginning of the benefit year in which the relevant date occurs, or

(ii) has a yearly average of 39 qualifying contributions, voluntary contributions or credited contributions for the 3 or 5 complete contribution years immediately before the last complete contribution year before the beginning of the benefit year in which the relevant date occurs, or

(iii) has a yearly average of 26 qualifying contributions, voluntary contributions or credited contributions since his or her entry into

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