This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2002/79 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

2002 No. 470

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2002

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 138(1)(a)1 and (4) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19922 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it3, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 30th March 2002.

Amendment of the Regulations2

In regulation 3(1)(b) of the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 20024 (transitional provisions), the word “expected” shall be omitted.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Malcolm WicksParliamentary Under-Secretary of State,Department for Work and Pensions

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/79).

In particular, regulation 2 corrects an error in a transitional provision.

These Regulations do not impose any charge on business.