# The Funeral Expense Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 2019, Regulation 2: Interpretation

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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—
(a)burial of ashes, where a person’s remains have been cremated,
(b)burial of powder,
“determination” means a determination of an individual's entitlement under section 37 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018,
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“funeral” means a burial, cremation or ...hydrolysis of a deceased person or still-born child,
“hydrolysis” has the meaning given by section 107 of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016,
“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,
“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 ,
“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/ssi/2019/292/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/funeral-expense-assistance-scotland-regulations-2019/regulation-2
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