.—(1) “Next of kin”, in relation to a deceased person, means- (a) the person who, immediately before the death of the deceased person, was- (i) the spouse or civil partner of the deceased person, or (ii) the cohabitant of the deceased person, (b) where the condition in sub-paragraph (3) is met, a child of the deceased person. (2) In a case where there is or was both a person falling within sub-paragraph (1)(a)(i) and a person falling within subsection (1)(a)(ii), sub-paragraph (1)(a) is to be read as including only the person who was the cohabitant of the deceased person. (3) The condition referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) is that- (a) there is nobody who falls within sub-paragraph (1)(a) (either because there was no such person or because the person has since died), and (b) in a case where the person has since died, the person had not made an application under this scheme in respected of the deceased person. (4) A payment under this scheme will be made to the next of kin as follows- (a) the whole payment will be made to a spouse, civil partner or cohabitant, (b) a share of a payment will be made to a child, being the whole of a payment divided by the total number of surviving children of the deceased person at the date that the application for a payment is made. (5) In this paragraph- “child of the deceased person” includes a stepchild of the deceased person, and “cohabitant of the deceased person” means a person who- (a) was neither married to nor in a civil partnership with the deceased person, but (b) was living...