The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 1999

Amendment of the principal Regulations

2.—(1) The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 4(4)(b)(1) (provision against double payment), for the words “the amount of the award” there shall be substituted the words “the further amount of the award”.

(3) In regulation 7(2) (entitlement)—

(a) in paragraph (3), for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(a) there are one or more immediate family members of the deceased;”;

(b) in paragraph (4)—

(i) before sub-paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

“(za) a person who has not attained the age of 18;”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), for the words “aged less than 19” there shall be substituted the words “has attained the age of 18 but not the age of 19”;

(c) in paragraph (7)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for the words “was a child”, there shall be substituted the words “had not attained the age of 18”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for the words “a child” there shall be substituted the words “a person who had not attained the age of 18”.

(4) In regulation 7A(2)(3) (amount of funeral payment)—

(a) for head (ii) in sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following head—

“(ii) the fees levied in respect of a burial by the authority or person responsible for the provision and maintenance of cemeteries for the area where the burial takes place in so far as it is necessary to incur those fees;”;

(b) for head (i) in sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following heads—

“(i) the fees levied in respect of a cremation by the authority or person responsible for the provision and maintenance of crematoria for the area where the cremation takes place in so far as it is necessary to incur those fees;

(ia) the cost of any medical references;”.

(1)

Regulation 4(4) was added by S.I. 1997/2538; sub-paragraph (b) was amended by S.I. 1999/3178.

(2)

Regulation 7 was substituted by S.I. 1997/792.

(3)

Regulation 7A was inserted by S.I. 1997/792.