{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fuel-allowance-payments-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/schedule/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fuel-allowance-payments-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/schedule/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2012/159",
  "legislation_title": "The Fuel Allowance Payments Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fuel-allowance-payments-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Fuel Allowance Payments Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2012.\n(2) In this Scheme:—\n“the Department” means the Department for Social Development;\n“the higher rate” means a single payment of £100;\n“a fuel allowance payment” means financial assistance provided under this Scheme;\n“income support” means income support under section 123 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;\n“the qualifying week” means the week beginning with (and including) Monday 12th December 2011 and ending with Sunday 18th December 2011;\n“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;\n“state pension credit” means state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002;\n“the standard rate” means a single payment of £75.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7. Section 123 was amended by Schedules 2 and 3 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2002 c.14 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/159/schedule/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:16:18.695096+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}