Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 come into force

Implementation date: 13 December 2010

The Regulations add categories of persons to those eligible to claim a sure start maternity grant. The Regulations also amend the timescales for claiming a grant and update definitions to ensure consistency with other legislation. They make corresponding provision to Regulations made in Great Britain. The Regulations can be viewed on the UK legislation website.