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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-regulations-1993/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/479",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-regulations-1993",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Ragulations amend regulation 7 of the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 1987 so that a person may be entitled to a payment in respect of funeral expenses where he or his partner\n(a) has been awarded the appropriate maximum council tax benefit but not the alternative maximum council tax benefit, or\n(b) is a person in respect of whom the alternative maximum council tax benefit may be awarded.\nThey also in the case of a cremation add the cost of an ordinary urn to the expense for which a funeral payment may be made.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/479/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:03:40.521666+00:00"
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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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