Amendments to the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 20053.

(1)

The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 20054 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 3(1) (interpretation), omit the definition of “family element”.

(3)

In regulations 5(2)(e) (entitlement to Sure Start Maternity Grant)5, 6(1)(b)(ii) (award of Sure Start Maternity Grant to persons affected by a trade dispute) and 7(4)(a)(v)6 (entitlement to funeral payment), for “payable at a rate higher than the family element” substitute “which includes an individual element or a disability element referred to in section 9(3) of the Tax Credits Act 2002”.