Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “applicant” means a person who has applied for funeral expense assistance,

• “backdated award” means an award of assistance for a day, or a period that begins on a day, that falls before the day the decision to make the award was taken,

• “burial” does not include burial of ashes, where a person’s remains have been cremated,

• “determination” means a determination of an individual’s entitlement under section 37 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018,

• “funeral” means a burial or a cremation of a deceased person or of a still-born child,

• “partner” means—

  1. (i)

     where a person is living together with a spouse or civil partner, that other person,

  2. (ii)

     where a person is living together with a person as a married couple, that other person,

• “still-born child” has the meaning given by section 56(1) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965^f1,

• “working day” means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a bank holiday in Scotland under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971^f2.