The Social Security (Persons from Abroad) Amendment Regulations 2006

Amendment of the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 2005

8.—(1) The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 2005(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 7 (funeral payments: entitlement)—

(a) in paragraph (9)(a) for “or Norway” substitute “, Norway or Switzerland”;

(b) for paragraph (10) substitute—

“(10) This paragraph applies where the responsible person or his partner is—

(a) a worker for the purposes of Council Directive No. 2004/38/EC(2);

(b) a self-employed person for the purposes of that Directive;

(c) a person who retains a status referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) pursuant to Article 7(3) of that Directive;

(d) a person who is a family member of a person referred to in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) within the meaning of Article 2 of that Directive; or

(e) a person who has a right to reside permanently in the United Kingdom by virtue of Article 17 of that Directive.”.

(1)

S.I. 2005/3061.

(2)

OJ L 158, 30.4.04, p. 77.