The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations

3.  In Schedule 4 to the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) (prescribed times for claiming benefit)—

(a) for the entry in column (2) of paragraph 8(2) substitute—

“The period beginning—

(a) in a case where regulation 5(3)(a) of the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations”) applies, 11 weeks before the first day of the expected week of confinement and ending 3 months after the actual date of confinement;

(b) in a case where regulation 5(3)(b) of the 2005 Regulations applies, with the date of confinement and ending 3 months after that date;

(c) in a case where regulation 5(3)(c) of the 2005 Regulations applies, with the date on which an order referred to in that sub-paragraph applies and ending 3 months after that date;

(d) in a case where regulation 5(3)(d) of those Regulations applies, with the date on which the guardianship referred to in that sub-paragraph takes effect and ending 3 months after that date;

(e) in a case where regulation 5(3)(e) of the 2005 Regulations applies, with the date on which the child is placed by virtue of the order referred to in that sub-paragraph and ending 3 months after that date;

(f) in a case where regulation 5(3)(f) of the 2005 Regulations applies, with the date on which the adoption—

(i) takes effect in respect of an adoption falling within Article 39(1)(cc) of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987(3) (meaning of adoption in Part V), or

(ii) is recognised under Article 39(1)(d) of that Order,

and ending 3 months after that date.”; and

(b) in the definition of—

(i) “actual date of confinement” for “issue” in both places where it occurs, substitute “birth”, and

(ii) “confinement”—

(aa) for “issue” in both places where it occurs, substitute “birth”; and

(bb) for “28” substitute “24”.

(1)

S.R. 1987 No. 465; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1997 No. 155 and S.I. 2010/986

(2)

Paragraph 8 was substituted by regulation 3 of S.R. 1997 No. 155 and amended by paragraph 3 of the Schedule to S.I. 2010/986

(3)

S.I. 1987/2203 (N. I. 22)