SCHEDULE 8FUNERAL EXPENSE ASSISTANCE REGULATIONS

PART 1ELIGIBILITY

CHAPTER 2FURTHER CRITERIA

Application within specified period

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The regulations may provide that an individual ceases to be eligible in respect of a funeral unless, by a deadline specified in the regulations—

a

the individual has applied for funeral expense assistance in respect of the funeral, or

b

the Scottish Ministers have become required to make a determination of the individual's entitlement to funeral expense assistance in respect of the funeral by regulations under section 52.