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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2006 No. 2655

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 2006

  Made 29th September 2006 
  Laid before Parliament 10th October 2006 
  Coming into force 1st November 2006 

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations 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].

     The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it[2].

Citation and commencement
     1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1st November 2006.

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

Amendment of the principal Regulations
     2. The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4.

Substitution of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations
     3. For Schedule 1[4] to the principal Regulations (identification of stations and postcode districts), substitute the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

Substitution of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations
     4. For Schedule 2[5] to the principal Regulations (specified alternative stations), substitute the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.



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


James Plaskitt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions

29th September 2006



SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 3

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






SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 4

The following Schedule is substituted for Schedule 2 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 (SI 1988/1724) ("the 1988 Regulations") by substituting new Schedules to those Regulations in relation to the lists of weather stations and applicable postcode districts in Schedule 1, and alternative weather stations in Schedule 2.

Schedule 1 to the 1988 Regulations specifies primary weather stations which are relevant to determining whether there is a recorded, or forecasted, period of cold weather. Schedule 2 to the 1988 Regulations specifies alternative stations used to determine this information where the primary station is unable to do so (where there is no specified alternative station, the nearest station to the primary station able to provide this information is used).

Regulation 3 replaces Schedule 1 to the 1988 Regulations with Schedule 1 to these Regulations. The new Schedule largely re-enacts the list contained in the former Schedule 1, but it assigns postcodes from Coltishall Weather Station (which has closed) to a new weather station, Weybourne, which is added to the scheme. It also provides for certain other changes to the postcode and weather station linkages.

Regulation 4 replaces Schedule 2 to the 1988 Regulations with Schedule 2 to these Regulations. The new Schedule largely re-enacts the list contained in the former Schedule 2 but, due to the closure of Cardiff weather station, Mumbles has become the specified alternative weather station for St Athan.

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 his or her address by contacting the Royal Mail Postcode Enquiries Office (telephone 08457 111222) or through 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, charities or voluntary bodies.

Notes:

[1] 1992 c.4; section 138(4) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word "prescribed". Amendments not relevant to these Regulations have been made to section 175(1) and (4).back

[2] See sections 170, 172 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5).back

[3] S.I. 1988/1724. Amendments to the principal Regulations have been made which are not relevant to these Regulations and they are not mentioned in the footnotes.back

[4] Schedule 1 was substituted by S.I. 2005/2724. (Schedule 1 had previously been substituted and amended by other statutory instruments the most recent being S.I. 2001/3368, 2002/2524, 2003/2605, 2003/3023 and 2004/2600.)back

[5] Schedule 2 was substituted by S.I. 2005/2724. (Schedule 2 had previously been substituted by S.I. 1999/2781 and 2003/2605.)back


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Prepared 10 October 2006

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