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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation on 19th February 2021.
(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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In regulation 7(9)(a) of the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (funeral payments: entitlement), for “Norway or Switzerland” substitute “Norway, Switzerland or the United Kingdom”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 28th January 2021
(L.S.)Anne McCleary
A senior officer of the Department for Communities
