# The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2008, Regulation 6: Amendment of the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988


(1) The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation)—
(a) after the definition of “the Act” insert—
““the Welfare Reform Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2007;”;
(b) in the definition of “claimant” for “or income-based jobseeker's allowance” substitute “ , income-based jobseeker's allowance or income-related employment and support allowance ”; and
(c) 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);”.
(3) In regulation 1A(1) (prescribed description of persons)—
(a) for “or income-based jobseeker's allowance” substitute “ , income-based jobseeker's allowance or income-related employment and support allowance ”; and
(b) 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”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1554/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-consequential-provisions-no-2-regulations-2008/regulation-6
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