{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/covid-19-heating-payment-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2021/schedule/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/covid-19-heating-payment-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2021/schedule/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2021/1",
  "legislation_title": "The Covid-19 Heating Payment Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/covid-19-heating-payment-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2021",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Covid-19 Heating Payment Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2021.\n(2) In this Scheme:—\n“the 1992 Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;\n“the 2006 Order” means the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 2006;\n“the 2015 Order” means the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015;\n“the Department” means the Department for Communities;\n“a Covid-19 heating payment” means financial assistance provided under this Scheme;\n“armed forces independence payment” means armed forces independence payment under Article 24A of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011;\n“attendance allowance” means attendance allowance under section 64 of the 1992 Act;\n“care home” means an establishment that provides accommodation together with nursing or personal care for adults or children;\n“constant attendance allowance under the 1992 Act” means an increase of disablement pension under section 104 of the 1992 Act;\n“constant attendance allowance under the 2006 Order” means an allowance under Article 8(4) or (5) of the 2006 Order;\n“disability living allowance” means disability living allowance under section 71 of the 1992 Act;\n“discretionary support award” means discretionary support award under the Discretionary Support Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016;\n“employment and support allowance” means employment and support allowance under section 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007;\n“housing benefit” means housing benefit under section 129 of the 1992 Act;\n“income support” means income support under section 123 of the 1992 Act;\n“industrial injuries disablement benefit” means industrial injuries disablement benefit under section 94 of the 1992 Act;\n“jobseekers allowance” means jobseekers allowance under Article 3 of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;\n“personal independence payment” means personal independence payment under Part 5 of the 2015 Order;\n“the qualifying week” means the week beginning with (and including) Monday 30th November 2020 and ending on Sunday 06th December 2020;\n“social security information” means information held by or on behalf of the Department and obtained as a result of, or for the purpose of, the exercise of the Department’s functions in relation to social security;\n“the standard rate” means a single payment of £200;\n“state pension credit” means state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002;\n“universal credit” means universal credit under Part 2 of the 2015 Order.\n“war pensions mobility supplement” means mobility supplement under Article 20 of the 2006 Order.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 1(2) inserted (4.3.2021) by The Covid-19 Heating Payment Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/45), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 1(2) inserted (4.3.2021) by The Covid-19 Heating Payment Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/45), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 1(2) inserted (4.3.2021) by The Covid-19 Heating Payment Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/45), regs. 1, 2(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 1(2) inserted (4.3.2021) by The Covid-19 Heating Payment Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/45), regs. 1, 2(2)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 1(2) inserted (4.3.2021) by The Covid-19 Heating Payment Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/45), regs. 1, 2(2)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1 in operation at 25.1.2021, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7 (N.I.) Section 71 was amended by Article 64(1) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.R. 2016 No. 270"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2007 c. 2 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "2002 c. 14 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2021/1/schedule/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:40:40.892293+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}