Amendment of the Funeral Expense Assistance Regulations
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5.—(1) The Funeral Expense Assistance Regulations are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 11 (estate of deceased person) in paragraph (3), after “burial club,” insert “pre-paid funeral plan,”.
(3) In regulation 13 (amount of funeral expense assistance)—
(a)in paragraph (1)(b), for “£700” substitute “£1000”,
(b)in paragraph (4)(b), for “£20” substitute “£20.35”, and
(c)in paragraph (6)—
(i)in the opening words, for “£120” substitute “£122.05”, and
(ii)for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—
“has left in place a pre-paid funeral plan, and”.
(4) In regulation 14 (Deductions from an award of funeral expense assistance) in paragraph 1(b)—
(a)omit “pre-paid funeral plan,” and
(b)omit “plan,” where it occurs later in the paragraph.