The Social Fund (Winter Fuel Payment and Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General)) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

Transitional provisions

4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the General Regulations shall have effect as if regulation 3 of these regulations had not been made where––

(a) the expected date of confinement;

(b) the date of birth of the child (including any still-born);

(c) the date of the adoption order, or

(d) in the case of a child in respect of whom an order has been granted pursuant to section 30 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990(1) (parental orders), the date of the order,

is before 3rd December 2000.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where a claim is made for a Sure Start Maternity Grant before 3rd December 2000 in respect of a child born (including any still-born) on or after that date regulation 4(2) of the General Regulations shall have effect as if the amount of the Sure Start Maternity Grant in that case were £300.

(3) Where a decision is made in a case to which paragraph (2) applies on the basis that the amount of a Sure Start Maternity Grant is £200—

(a) that decision may be revised under Article 10 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (revision of decisions)—

(i) within 13 months of that decision; or

(ii) where the Department receives an application for a revision of that decision made within 13 months of that decision, and

(b) any payment made pursuant to that decision (before revision) shall be offset against any amount payable pursuant to the revision under Article 10 of that Order.

(4) Regulation 3(1) of the General Regulations (provision against double payment) shall not prevent a payment being made in consequence of paragraphs (2) and (3).

(1)

1990 c. 37