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2004 No. 2600

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 2004

  Made 5th October 2004 
  Laid before Parliament 11th October 2004 
  Coming into force 1st November 2004 

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 138(2) and (4) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it[2], makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
     1.  - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 1st November 2004.

    (2) In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988[3].

Amendment of regulation 1A of the principal Regulations
     2. In regulation 1A(1) of the principal Regulations (prescribed description of persons), after sub-paragraph (ib), add - 

Substitution of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations
     3. For Schedule 1[5] (identification of stations and postcode districts) to the principal Regulations, substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.


Malcolm Wicks
Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions

5th October 2004



SCHEDULE
Regulation 3

The following Schedule is substituted for Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations - 





EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations amend the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 (S.I.1988/1724) ("the 1988 Regulations") to extend the prescribed description of persons who may receive cold weather payments. They also amend the 1988 Regulations in relation to the lists of weather stations and applicable postcode districts in Schedule 1 to those Regulations.

Regulation 2 adds to the persons to whom payment may be made under the 1988 Regulations, persons awarded income support, state pension credit or income-based jobseeker's allowance who are also entitled under the Child Tax Credit Regulations 2002 to an individual amount of child tax credit for a child or qualifying young person who is disabled or severely disabled.

Regulation 3 replaces Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations with the Schedule to these Regulations. The new Schedule largely re-enacts the list contained in the former Schedule 1, but it links S21 to Nottingham instead of to Linton-on-Ouse; assigns postcodes from Ringway weather station (which is being closed) to other weather stations, adds Woodford as a new weather station to the scheme; and provides for certain other changes to the postcode and weather station linkages.

The Postcode Atlas of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the postcode maps may be obtained from their publishers. A person may establish the current postcode for their address by contacting the Royal Mail Postcode Enquiries Office (telephone 08457 111222) or by logging on to the Royal Mail website at www.royalmail.com.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.

Notes:

[1] 1992 c. 4; section 138(4) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word "prescribed".back

[2] See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).back

[3] S.I.1988/1724. Regulation 1A was inserted by S.I.1991/2448 and amended by S.I.1996/2544, 2002/3019 and 2003/1121. Other amendments not relevant to these Regulations have been made.back

[4] S.I. 2002/2007. Relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2004/941.back

[5] Schedule 1 was substituted by S.I. 2003/2605 and amended by S.I. 2003/3023 (Schedule 1 had previously been substituted and amended by other statutory instruments the most recent being S.I. 2000/2690, 2001/3368 and 2002/2524).back


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Prepared 11 October 2004

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