# The Covid-19 Heating Payment Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021, Paragraph 1: Citation and interpretation

Extent: N.I.

(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Covid-19 Heating Payment Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2021.
(2) In this Scheme:—
“the 1992 Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;
“the 2006 Order” means the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 2006;
“the 2015 Order” means the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015;
“the Department” means the Department for Communities;
“a Covid-19 heating payment” means financial assistance provided under this Scheme;
“armed forces independence payment” means armed forces independence payment under Article 24A of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011;
“attendance allowance” means attendance allowance under section 64 of the 1992 Act;
“care home” means an establishment that provides accommodation together with nursing or personal care for adults or children;
“constant attendance allowance under the 1992 Act” means an increase of disablement pension under section 104 of the 1992 Act;
“constant attendance allowance under the 2006 Order” means an allowance under Article 8(4) or (5) of the 2006 Order;
“disability living allowance” means disability living allowance under section 71 of the 1992 Act;
“discretionary support award” means discretionary support award under the Discretionary Support Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016;
“employment and support allowance” means employment and support allowance under section 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007;
“housing benefit” means housing benefit under section 129 of the 1992 Act;
“income support” means income support under section 123 of the 1992 Act;
“industrial injuries disablement benefit” means industrial injuries disablement benefit under section 94 of the 1992 Act;
“jobseekers allowance” means jobseekers allowance under Article 3 of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;
“personal independence payment” means personal independence payment under Part 5 of the 2015 Order;
“the qualifying week” means the week beginning with (and including) Monday 30th November 2020 and ending on Sunday 06th December 2020;
“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;
“the standard rate” means a single payment of £200;
“state pension credit” means state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002;
“universal credit” means universal credit under Part 2 of the 2015 Order.
“war pensions mobility supplement” means mobility supplement under Article 20 of the 2006 Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2021/1/schedule/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/covid-19-heating-payment-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2021/schedule/paragraph-1
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