THIRD GROUP OF PARTSDisposals

PART 7Financial orders and orders relating to property

CHAPTER 2Compensation orders

Particular cases

I1138Funeral expenses and bereavement: cases other than road accidents

1

A compensation order in respect of funeral expenses may be made for the benefit of anyone who incurred the expenses.

2

A compensation order in respect of bereavement may be made only for the benefit of a person for whose benefit a claim for damages for bereavement could be made under section 1A of the Fatal Accidents Act 1976.

3

The amount to be paid in respect of bereavement under a compensation order must not exceed the amount for the time being specified in section 1A(3) of that Act.

4

This section is subject to section 136(1) (compensation order not available in respect of bereavement or funeral expenses in respect of a death due to a road accident).