{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-regulations-2000/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-regulations-2000/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/528",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 5 of the General Regulations",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 5 of the General Regulations (entitlement to a payment to meet maternity expenses) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.\n(2) In paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—\n“(bb) subject to paragraph (3)—\n(i) the claimant or partner has received advice on health and welfare matters relating to the child from a health professional; and\n(ii) where the claim is made before the child is born, the claimant or partner has received advice on health and welfare matters relating to maternal health from a health professional; and”.\n(3) In paragraph (2) (amount of a maternity payment), in each place where the amount “£100” appears there shall be substituted the amount “£200”.\n(4) After paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph—\n“(3) Paragraph (1)(bb)(i) shall not apply where a claim is made after the birth of a still-born child.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/528/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:53.824098+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."
}