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Regulation 4 Effect of award of another benefit

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(1)

An individual is not entitled to a Pension Age Winter Heating Payment under these Regulations if the individual has been awarded a winter fuel payment under—

(a)

the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024f1, or

(b)

the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024f2,

in respect of the qualifying week.

(2)

An individual is not to be regarded as having been awarded a winter fuel payment specified in paragraph (1) in respect of the qualifying week if the award was made in error (whether or not induced by the individual).

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Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2024/869.

f2

S.R. 2024 No. 160.