Regulation 3 Entitlement

(1)

A claimant is entitled to a Children’s Funeral Fund payment in relation to a funeral, where—

(a)

the deceased was—

(i)

of qualifying age at the time of death; or

(ii)

a stillborn child as defined in section 41 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953^f1, born after the 24th week of pregnancy;

(b)

the funeral takes place in England on or after 23rd July 2019; and

(c)

were it not for these Regulations, those fees or expenses would be chargeable to a person involved in the organisation of the funeral.

(2)

Section 1(1A) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992^f2 (the requirement to provide evidence of a national insurance number in order to make a claim) is disapplied in relation to a claim for a Children’s Funeral Fund payment.

(3)

Subject to regulation 6, a claimant may be awarded more than one Children’s Funeral Fund payment in relation to a funeral.

(4)

In this regulation, a “Children’s Funeral Fund payment” means a payment out of the social fund^f3 in the amount of any fees charged by a burial or cremation authority or of any associated expenses.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1953 c. 20. There are no relevant amendments to this provision.
f2: Section 1(1A) was inserted by section 19 of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47).
f3: The social fund is defined in section 167 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).