Applications for payment in Canada with entitlements before 15 July 2013

To decide if an application for portable Widows Benefit or Domestic Purposes Benefit for widowers in Canada is decided and grandparented under the old rules the following will apply:

• the applicant must be ordinarily resident in New Zealand or Canada on 14 July 2013 and
• an application for payment in Canada may be received before or after 15 July 2013 but there must be entitlement to Widow's Benefit or Domestic Purposes Benefit for widowers from a date before 15 July 2013

Provided these conditions are met an application may be granted under the old rules and the grandparenting provisions will apply. If any one of the conditions is not met the application must be decided under the new rules.