# The Funeral Expense Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 2019, 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—
(i) where a person is living together with a spouse or civil partner, that other person,
(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,
“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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2019/9780111040461/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-funeral-expense-assistance-scotland-regulations-2019/regulation-2
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