http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/479/note/made
The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 1993
Benefits
Council tax
Council tax benefit
Social fund payments
Tax credits
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2016-01-21
SOCIAL SECURITY
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 partnerhas been awarded the appropriate maximum council tax benefit but not the alternative maximum council tax benefit, oris a person in respect of whom the alternative maximum council tax benefit may be awarded.
(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.