The Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Amendment of the Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) (General) Regulations

2.—(1) The Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In regulation 6(2) (entitlement) –

(a) in paragraph (4) –

(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (c) the word “or” shall be omitted, and

(ii) after sub-paragraph (d) there shall be added –

• “; or

  (e)

  a person ordinarily resident outside the United Kingdom.”; and

(b) for paragraph (7) there shall be substituted the following paragraph –

“(7) Paragraph (6) shall not apply where the close relative who was in closer contact with the deceased than the responsible person or, as the case may be, was in equally close contact with the deceased –

(a) was under the age of 18 at the date of death and was the only close relative (apart from any other person who was under the age of 18 at that date) to whom either sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of paragraph (6) applies; or

(b) is a person ordinarily resident outside the United Kingdom.”.

(3) In regulation 6A(2)(a)(ii)(3) (amount of funeral payment) after “where the burial takes place” there shall be inserted “, or the fees levied by a private grave-digger,”.

(4) This regulation shall apply only in respect of claims for funeral expenses from the social fund where the date of death is on or after 25th October 2004.

(1)

S.R. 1987 No. 150; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1997 Nos. 155 and 472, S.R. 1999 No. 499, S.R. 2001 No. 318, S.R. 2002 No. 284 and S.R. 2003 Nos. 117, 191, 195, 264 and 308

(2)

Regulation 6 was substituted by regulation 2(5) of S.R. 1997 No. 155 and amended by regulation 5 of S.R. 1997 No. 472, regulation 2(3) of S.R. 1999 No. 499, regulation 2(2) of S.R. 2001 No. 318, regulation 3 of S.R. 2002 No. 284, regulation 25(2) of S.R. 2003 No. 191 and paragraph 2(d) of Schedule 4 to S.R. 2003 No. 195

(3)

Regulations 6 and 6A were substituted for regulation 6 by regulation 2(5) of S.R. 1997 No. 155; regulation 6A was amended by regulation 6 of S.R. 1997 No. 472, regulation 2(4) of S.R. 1999 No. 499, regulation 2 of S.R. 2003 No. 117, regulation 2 of S.R. 2003 No. 264 and regulation 2 of S.R. 2003 No. 308