Regulation 34 Amendment of the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005^f1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2)

In regulation 2 (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 (Northern Ireland) 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 (Northern Ireland) 2007;”;

(b)

in paragraph (3) after “Income Support 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”.

F1(3)

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(4)

In regulation 7(4)(a) (funeral payments: entitlement)—

(a)

omit “or” after head (v); and

(b)

after head (vi) insert—

“or
(vii)
income-related employment and support allowance.”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 34(3) revoked (13.12.2010) by The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/378), regs. 1(1), 4(b)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 34 in operation at 27.10.2008, see reg. 1(b)

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 2005 No. 506, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations