The Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) (Northern Ireland) Order 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/464 (N.I.)
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Title and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) (Northern Ireland) Order 1987.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the seventh day after the day on which it is made.

Section 2 Interpretation

(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

(2) In this Order “the 1986 Order ” means the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.

Section 3 Amendment of Article 33(2) of the 1986 Order

In Article 33(2)(a) of the 1986 Order (payments out of the social fund to meet, in prescribed circumstances, maternity expenses and funeral expenses), before the words “to meet” there shall be inserted the words “of prescribed amounts, whether in respect of prescribed items or otherwise,”.