The Social Security Administration Act 1992 is amended as follows.

In section 78(4) (recovery of funeral payments out of social fund), after “Payments” there is inserted “ out of the social fund ”.

In section 79 (recovery of Northern Ireland payments), in paragraph (c), for the words from “under subsection” to the end there is substituted “ under section 71(8) ”.

In Part 1 of Schedule 4 (persons employed in social security administration), under the heading “Former officers”, after the entry for “A social fund officer” there is inserted—