(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Ragulations amend regulation 7 of the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 1987 so that a person may be entitled to a payment in respect of funeral expenses where he or his partner

a

has been awarded the appropriate maximum council tax benefit but not the alternative maximum council tax benefit, or

b

is a person in respect of whom the alternative maximum council tax benefit may be awarded.

They also in the case of a cremation add the cost of an ordinary urn to the expense for which a funeral payment may be made.