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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1570",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/481 as amended) in so far as those Regulations relate to claims for payment of funeral expenses.\nIn particular, regulation 2 amends regulation 7A(5)(b) of those Regulations so as to increase the amount of the cap on the residuary category of funeral expenses which may be met out of the social fund, where items and services have been provided on the death of the deceased under a pre-paid funeral plan, from £100 to £120 in respect of deaths which occur on or after 6th October 2003.\nThese Regulations do not impose a charge on business.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1570/note",
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  "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."
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