# The Social Fund (Children’s Funeral Fund for England) Regulations 2019, 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, 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 (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 in the amount of any fees charged by a burial or cremation authority or of any associated expenses.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1064/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-childrens-funeral-fund-for-england-regulations-2019/regulation-3
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