{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-funeral-expenses-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2018/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-funeral-expenses-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2018/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2018/45",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund Funeral Expenses (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-funeral-expenses-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2018",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “shared additional pension” insert—\n““social fund funeral payment” means a funeral payment within the meaning of regulation 7(1) of the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005;”.\n(3) In regulation 32ZA(2) (information given electronically) after sub-paragraph (g) insert—\n“; (ga) a social fund funeral payment.”.\n(4) In Schedule 4 (prescribed times for claiming benefit), in the entry in column 2 relating to paragraph 9 (social fund payment in respect of funeral expenses) for “3 months” substitute “6 months”.\n(5) In Schedule 8D, in paragraph 2(1) (conditions for the use of electronic communication) after “income support” insert “, a social fund funeral payment.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1987 No. 465"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The definition of “shared additional pension” was inserted into regulation 2 by S.R. 2005 No. 299 and was amended by regulation 9(2)(c) of S.R. 2015 No. 411"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.R. 2005 No. 506"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Regulation 32ZA was inserted by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 2011 No. 298 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Paragraph 9 was amended by regulation 2(6) of S.R. 1996 No. 432"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Schedule 8D was inserted by regulation 2(4) of S.R. 2006 No. 203"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2018/45/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:50:06.633196+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."
}