Statutory Instruments
2021 No. 65
Social Security
The Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Sift requirements satisfied
19th January 2021
Made
20th January 2021
Laid before Parliament
21st January 2021
Coming into force
15th February 2021
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018( 1 ), makes the following Regulations.
The requirements of paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 7 to that Act (relating to the appropriate Parliamentary procedure for these Regulations) have been satisfied.
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment (Amendment) Regulations 2021.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 15th February 2021.
Amendment of the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 2005
2. —(1)The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 2005( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 7 (funeral payments: entitlement), in paragraph (9)(a), for “Norway or Switzerland” substitute “Norway, Switzerland or the United Kingdom”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Stedman-Scott
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Work and Pensions
20th January 2021
2018 c. 16 ; section 8 was amended by section 27 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1) .
S.I. 2005/3061 , amended by S.I. 2006/1026 and S.I. 2020/1309 ; there are other amendments but none is relevant.