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Paragraph 9 F1

(1)

The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 2005 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 3 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—

(a)

in the appropriate place insert—

  • ““owner-occupier loan payments” means loan payments made under the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017;”;

(b)

after paragraph (4) insert—

“(5)

For the purposes of these Regulations, a person being treated as entitled to a benefit has the meaning given to it in regulation 2(2)(aa) of the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017.”.

(3)

In regulation 5 (entitlement), in paragraph (2)—

(a)

omit “or” between sub-paragraphs (f) and (g);

(b)

after sub-paragraph (g) insert—

“; or

(h)

owner-occupier loan payments and is treated as entitled to a benefit specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) and (f).”.

(4)

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

(a)

omit “or” between sub-paragraphs (viii) and (ix);

(b)

after sub-paragraph (ix) insert—

“; or

(x)

owner-occupier loan payments and is treated as entitled to a benefit specified in sub-paragraphs (i) to (iii) and (viii).”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 5 paras. 7-10 inserted (5.4.2018) by The Loans for Mortgage Interest and Social Fund Maternity Grant (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/307), regs. 1(3), 2(18)(e)

Notes on Part 1

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 5 Pt. 1 heading inserted (5.4.2018) by The Loans for Mortgage Interest and Social Fund Maternity Grant (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/307), regs. 1(3), 2(18)(a)