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Regulation 3 Entitlement: special cases

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(1)

Where—

(a)

a member of a couple would (but for this paragraph) be entitled to a payment under regulation 2(3)(b)(i) (and not under regulation 2(3)(b)(ii)); and

(b)

the couple lives with one or more qualifying individuals who are single,

then the member of the couple shall instead be entitled to a payment of £100.

(2)

Where—

(a)

two or more couples live together; and

(b)

two or more individuals, each of whom is part of one of the couples, would (but for this paragraph) be entitled to a payment under regulation 2(3),

then each of those individuals who would (but for this paragraph) be entitled to a payment under regulation 2(3)(b)(i) (and not under regulation 2(3)(b)(ii)) shall instead be entitled to a payment of £100.

(3)

Where each member of a couple would (but for this paragraph) be entitled to a payment under regulation 2(3)(b)(ii)—

(a)

the member who is to receive a payment in 2005 under the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000f1 shall be entitled to a payment under regulation 2(3)(b)(ii); and

(b)

the other member shall not be entitled to a payment under regulation 2(3)(b)(ii).

(4)

Where—

(a)

only one member of a couple is a qualifying individual;

(b)

he would (but for this paragraph) be entitled to a payment under regulation 2(3);

(c)

the other member of the couple is to receive a payment in 2005 under the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000; and

(d)

the qualifying individual is not to receive a payment in 2005 under those Regulations,

then—

(i)

that other member of the couple shall be entitled to a payment of £200; and

(ii)

the qualifying individual shall not be entitled to a payment under regulation 2(3).

(5)

Where—

(a)

only one member of a couple is a qualifying individual;

(b)

he would (but for this paragraph) be entitled to a payment under either of paragraph (1) or (2);

(c)

the other member of the couple is to receive a payment in 2005 under the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000; and

(d)

the qualifying individual is not to receive a payment in 2005 under those Regulations,

then—

(i)

that other member of the couple shall be entitled to a payment of £100; and

(ii)

the qualifying individual shall not be entitled to a payment under these Regulations.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.I.2000/729.