The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023
S.R. 2023/190 · Made 16 November 2023 · Extends to Northern Ireland
Social Security
Made 16th November 2023
Coming into operation 11th December 2023
The Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 134(1)(a) and 171(1) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992f1, and now vested in itf2.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
- f1
- f2
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See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Amendment of the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencementI1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 and shall come into operation on 11th December 2023.
2Amendment of the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) RegulationsI1
Signature
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 16th November 2023
(L.S.)
David Tarr
A senior officer of the Department for Communities
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (“the Maternity and Funeral Expenses Regulations”) to reflect an amendment made to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, which allows for a sole applicant for a parental order, whereas previously only couples could apply.
Regulation 1 provides for citation and commencement.
Regulation 2 amends regulation 2(1) of the Maternity and Funeral Expenses Regulations to include section 54A of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008.