{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-child-funeral-fund-no-2-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2026/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-child-funeral-fund-no-2-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2026/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2026/182",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund (Child Funeral Fund) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-child-funeral-fund-no-2-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations will prevent double payments by allowing a Child Funeral Fund payment to be refused where payment has already been made from a Health and Social Care Trust.\nRegulation 1 provides that the Regulations shall come into operation on 00th Month 2026.\nRegulation 2 prohibits payment from the Child Funeral Fund in respect of funeral expenses for which payment has already been made from a Health and Social Care Trust, except where the payment received from a Health and Social Care Trust is for an amount less than a Child Funeral Fund payment, in which case an amount may be paid to the value of the remainder of the Child Funeral Fund payment.\nA regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for these Regulations as they have no impact on the costs of business.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2026/182/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:29:53.435047+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}