(1) Subject to subsection (2), death benefit shall be payable to the bereaved partner of a deceased partner.

(2) Subject to sections 241(2) and 242, a bereaved partner whose claim for death benefit is based on being a surviving qualified cohabitant shall, regardless of the date of death of his or her deceased partner, be entitled to a pension under this section from 22 January 2024 or the date of death of the deceased partner, whichever is the later date.

(3) 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.

(4) A bereaved partner shall be disqualified for receiving a pension under subsection (3) if and so long as he or she is a cohabitant.

(5) A pension under subsection (3) shall cease as and from -