# The Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017, Paragraph 9


(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).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/725/schedule/5/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/loans-for-mortgage-interest-regulations-2017/schedule-5/paragraph-9
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