
2025 No. 169
Social Security
The Social Fund (Child Funeral Fund) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Made 28th October 2025
Coming into operation 1st December 2025
The Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 134(1)(a) and (4), 171(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and sections 1(1) and (1C), 5(1)(a), (j), and (k) and 165(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and now vested in it.
Citation and commencement
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These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund (Child Funeral Fund) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 and shall come into operation on 1st December 2025.
Amendment of the Social Fund (Child Funeral Fund) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022
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(1) The Social Fund (Child Funeral Fund) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In regulation 2 (Interpretation), for the definition of “Child Funeral Fund payment” substitute—“
 Child Funeral Fund payment means—
(a) for funerals taking place on or before 30th November 2025 a one-off lump sum payment of £3,056.00, or
(b) for funerals taking place on or after 1st December 2025 a one-off lump sum payment of £3,441.00;”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 28th October 2025.
(L.S.)David Tarr
A senior officer of the Department for Communities
