{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-regulations-1995/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-regulations-1995/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1229",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 3 of the 1987 Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 3(1) of the 1987 Regulations (interpretation) for the definitions of “close relative” and “partner” respectively the following definitions shall be substituted—\n““close relative” means a parent, parent-in-law, son, son-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, step-parent, step-son, step-son-in-law, step-daughter, step-daughter-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, sister or sister-in-law;;”\n““partner” means where a person—\n(a) is a member of a married or unmarried couple, the other member of that couple;\n(b) is married polygamously to two or more members of his household, any such member;.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The definition of “close relative” was inserted in regulation 3 by S.I. 1994/506."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1229/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:09:56.933399+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."
}