# The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 2000, Regulation 3: Amendment of regulation 5 of the General Regulations


(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.
(2) In paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—
“(bb) subject to paragraph (3)—
(i) the claimant or partner has received advice on health and welfare matters relating to the child from a health professional; and
(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”.
(3) In paragraph (2) (amount of a maternity payment), in each place where the amount “£100” appears there shall be substituted the amount “£200”.
(4) After paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph—
“(3) Paragraph (1)(bb)(i) shall not apply where a claim is made after the birth of a still-born child.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/528/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-regulations-2000/regulation-3
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