Paragraph 1 Citation and interpretationI1

This Scheme may be cited as the Covid-19 Heating Payment Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2021.

In this Scheme:—

• “the 1992 Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f1;

• F1“the 2006 Order” means the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 2006^f2;

• “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;

• F2“armed forces independence payment” means armed forces independence payment under Article 24A of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011^f3;

• “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;

• F3“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^f4;

• “housing benefit” means housing benefit under section 129 of the 1992 Act;

• “income support” means income support under section 123 of the 1992 Act;

• F4“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^f5;

• “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^f6;

• “universal credit” means universal credit under Part 2 of the 2015 Order.

• F5“war pensions mobility supplement” means mobility supplement under Article 20 of the 2006 Order.