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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 8th October 2001.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
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(1) The Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 6 (entitlement)—
(a) in paragraph (4), after sub-paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—“
(aa) a person in receipt of asylum support under section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.”;
(b) in paragraph (6), from “;or” at the end of sub-paragraph (b) to “both aged under 60, £500” at the end of sub-paragraph (c) shall be omitted.
(3) Regulation 8 (effect of capital) shall be omitted.
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These Regulations shall not have effect with respect to any claim for a Sure Start Maternity Grant or funeral payment made before 8th October 2001.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 12th September 2001.
John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development
