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2003 No. 2605

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 2003

  Made 8th October 2003 
  Laid before Parliament 10th October 2003 
  Coming into force 1st November 2003 

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], hereby 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 2003 and shall come into force on 1st November 2003.

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

Substitution of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations
     2. For Schedule 1[4] (identification of stations and postcode districts) to the principal Regulations, substitute the Schedule contained at Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

Substitution of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations
     3. For Schedule 2[5] (specified alternative stations) to the principal Regulations, substitute the Schedule contained at Schedule 2 to these Regulations.



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


Chris Pond
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions

8th October 2003



SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 2

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






SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 3.

The following Schedule is substituted for Schedule 2 of 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) in relation to the lists of weather stations and applicable postcode districts in Schedules 1 and 2 to those Regulations.

Regulation 2 replaces Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations with Schedule 1 to these Regulations. The new Schedule largely re-enacts the list contained in the former Schedule, but it also replaces six weather stations, adds six new weather stations to the scheme, and provides for certain other changes to the postcode and weather station linkages.

Regulation 3 replaces Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations, with Schedule 2 to these Regulations. This substitution takes into account the fact that one of the specified alternative weather stations from the previous Schedule is no longer required as an alternative weather station, and one new alternative weather station is required due to the replacement of one of the stations from Schedule 1 for this winter's scheme.

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.

These Regulations do not impose a charge on 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 as amended.back

[4] Schedule 1 was substituted by S.I. 2000/2690 and amended by S.I. 2001/3368 and S.I. 2002/2524.back

[5] Schedule 2 was substituted by S.I. 1999/2781.back


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  Prepared 10 October 2003

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