Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

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,

• F1“burial” does not include—

  1. (a)

     burial of ashes, where a person’s remains have been cremated,

  2. (b)

     burial of powder,

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

• F2...

• F3“funeral” means a burial, cremation or F4...hydrolysis of a deceased person or still-born child,

• F5“hydrolysis” has the meaning given by section 107 of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016,

• “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,

• F6“powder” has the meaning given by section 107 of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016,

• “still-born child” has the meaning given by section 56(1) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 M1,

• “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 M2.