Regulation 6 Amendment of the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988

after the definition of “the Act” insert—

““the Welfare Reform Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2007;”;

in the definition of “claimant”M2 for “or income-based jobseeker's allowance” substitute “ , income-based jobseeker's allowance or income-related employment and support allowance ”; and

after the definition of “income-based jobseeker's allowance” insert—

““income-related employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (employment and support allowance);”.

for “or income-based jobseeker's allowance” substitute “ , income-based jobseeker's allowance or income-related employment and support allowance ”; and

after sub-paragraph (ic) insert—

“(id)

whose applicable amount includes one or more of the premiums specified in paragraphs 5 to 8 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008; or

(ie)

whose applicable amount includes an amount under section 4(2)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act; or”.