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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2023/190",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2023",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese 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.\nRegulation 1 provides for citation and commencement.\nRegulation 2 amends regulation 2(1) of the Maternity and Funeral Expenses Regulations to include section 54A of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2023/190/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:30:20.767129+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."
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