Regulation 5 Amendment of the Funeral Expense Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 2019I1

The Funeral Expense Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 2019^f1 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

For regulation 9(3) (residence conditions, place of funeral and status), substitute—

“(3)

This paragraph applies where the applicant is, or has a partner who is—

(a)

a qualified person within the meaning of regulation 6(1)(b) (worker) or (c) (self-employed person) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016^f2 (the EEA Regulations);

(b)

a person who retains the status referred to in sub-paragraph (a) pursuant to regulation 6(2) or (4) of the EEA Regulations^f3;

(c)

a person who is a family member of a person referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) within the meaning of regulation 7(1) of the EEA Regulations^f4;

(d)

a person who has a right to reside permanently in the United Kingdom by virtue of regulation 15(1)(c), (d) or (e) of the EEA Regulations^f5; or

(e)

a person granted indefinite or limited leave to enter, or remain in, the United Kingdom under the Immigration Act 1971^f6 by virtue of Appendix EU to the immigration rules made under section 3(2) of that Act^f7.”.