# The Social Fund (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1990, Regulation 6: Amendment of regulation 5 of the Maternity and Funeral Expenses Regulations


In regulation 5 of the Maternity and Funeral Expenses Regulations (entitlement), for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–
“(2) Subject to Part IV of these Regulations, the amount of a maternity payment shall be–
(a) where the claim is made on or after 9th April 1990 and before the confinement, £100 in respect of each expected child, but if the claim was made on an earlier date but after 11th April 1988, £85 in respect of each expected child;
(b) where the claim is made after the confinement, if that confinement has ended on or after 9th April 1990, £100 in respect of each child, including any child who is stillborn, but if the confinement has ended before that date but after 11th April 1988, £85 in respect of each child, including any child who is stillborn;
(c) where the claim is made after a child has been adopted and the adoption has taken place on or after 9th April 1990, £100 in respect of that child, but if the adoption has taken place before that date but after 11th April 1988, £85 in respect of that child.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/580/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1990/regulation-6
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