{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/134",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) (General) Regulations",
  "text": "For regulation 8(3)(b) of the Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(effect of capital) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—\n“(b) in the case of a claim for a Sure Start Maternity Grant or a funeral payment which is made within 12 months of the death of the spouse of the claimant, any lump sum payable to that claimant as a widow or as a widower by virtue of section 36 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act (Northern Ireland) 1992 (bereavement payments) shall be disregarded;”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in operation at 9.4.2001, see reg. 1(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1987 No. 150; paragraph (3) was inserted by regulation 3(3) of S.R. 1989 No. 71 and sub-paragraph (b) was amended by regulation 4 of S.R. 2000 No. 49"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 36 was substituted by Article 51 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/134/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:12:10.334587+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."
}