Explanatory note

These Regulations relate to payment of death grant under the Social Security Act 1975.

The Regulations contain provisions for: payment of a death grant in respect of the death of a child (regulation 2); circumstances in which certain young persons may be treated as children (regulation 3); suspension of payment of a death grant pending an appeal (regulation 4); exception from disqualification for receiving a death grant where the person concerned is imprisoned or detained in legal custody (regulation 5); and payments under emergency arrangements (regulation 6).

The Regulations also contain transitional provisions.