(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.