The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20058 are amended as follows.

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), omit the definition of “family element”.

In regulations 5(2)(e) (entitlement)9, 6(1)(b)(ii) (persons affected by a trade dispute) and 7(4)(a)(v) (funeral payments: entitlement)10, for a “payable at a rate higher than the family element” substitute “which includes an individual element or a disability element referred to in section 9(3) of the Tax Credits Act 2002”.