# The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2008, Regulation 8: Amendment of the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 2005


(1) The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 2005 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3 (interpretation)—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) after the definition of “the Act” insert—
““the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008;”; and
(ii) after the definition of “income-based jobseeker's allowance” insert—
““income-related employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment and support allowance);”;
(b) in paragraph (3) after “Regulations” add “ or regulation 2(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations ”; and
(c) in paragraph (4)(a) after “Income Support Regulations” insert “ , in regulation 156 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations ”.
(3) In regulation 5(1)(a) (entitlement)—
(a) after paragraph (iv) omit “or”; and
(b) after paragraph (v) for “; and” substitute—
“or
(vi) income-related employment and support allowance; and”.
(4) In regulation 7(4)(a) (funeral payments: entitlement)—
(a) after paragraph (vi) omit “or”; and
(b) after paragraph (vii) insert—
“(viii) income-related employment and support allowance; or”.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1554/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-consequential-provisions-no-2-regulations-2008/regulation-8
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.