{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-social-fund-maternity-grant-amendment-regulations-2018/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-social-fund-maternity-grant-amendment-regulations-2018/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/989",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Social Fund Maternity Grant) (Amendment) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-social-fund-maternity-grant-amendment-regulations-2018",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the provisions governing the time limits applicable to making a claim for a Sure Start Maternity Grant.\nThe Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3061) make provision for the payment of Sure Start Maternity Grants. The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968) (“the Claims and Payments Regulations”) set out the time limits for making a claim for a Sure Start Maternity Grant. Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends Schedule 4 to the Claims and Payments Regulations to extend the period in which claims can be made from 3 months to 6 months after the occurrence of the relevant event giving rise to a claimant becoming responsible for a child.\nAn impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business, charities or voluntary bodies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/989/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:54:11.157135+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."
}