Rates of death benefit

(1) Subject to the provisions of Regulations 53 to 56, the weekly rate of death benefit payable to each beneficiary shall be a proportion of sixty per cent of the relevant person’s average insurable earnings and such proportion shall be equal to – (a) two-thirds, in the case of a widow or widower; (b) two–fifths, in the case of a child over fourteen years who at the date of the relevant person’s death was permanently incapable of self–support; (c) one–fourth, in the case of any other child. (2) The provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of Regulation 35 in Part 1 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to death benefit under paragraph (1) of this Regulation. (3) The rate of death benefit payable to a parent shall be equal to two–fifths of sixty percent of the average insurable earnings of the relevant person– (4) For the purpose of this Regulation, the expression “average insurable earnings” has the meaning assigned to it by paragraph 4 of the First Schedule. Social Security 99 Provisions Relating to Prescribed Diseases and Injuries