Regulation 2 Amendment of regulation 1 of the Cold Weather Payments Regulations

for the definition of “claimant” there shall be substituted the following definition—

• ““claimant” means a person who is claiming or has claimed income support;”;

after the definition of “family” there shall be inserted the following definitions—

• ““forecast” means a weather forecast produced by the Meteorological Office of the Ministry of Defence and supplied to the Department of Social Security on a daily basis which provides the expected average mean daily temperature for a period of 7 consecutive days;

• “forecasted period of cold weather” means a period of 7 consecutive days, during which the average of the mean daily temperature for that period is forecasted to be equal to or below 0 degrees celsius; and for the purposes of this definition where a day forms part of a forecasted period of cold weather it shall not form part of any other such forecasted period;”;

after the definition of “mean daily temperature” there shall be inserted the following definition—

• ““overlap period” means any period of a day or days, where a day forms part of a recorded period of cold weather and also forms part of a forecasted period of cold weather;”;

the definition of “period of cold weather” shall be omitted;

after the definition of “polygamous marriage” there shall be inserted the following definitions—

• ““Post Office postcode area” has the meaning given to it in Schedule 2 to these Regulations;

• “recorded period of cold weather” means a period of 7 consecutive days, during which the average of the mean daily temperature recorded for that period was equal to or below 0 degrees celsius; and for the purposes of this definition where a day forms part of a recorded period of cold weather it shall not form part of any other such recorded period;

• “sector” means the area identified by the number which commences the second part of a Post Office postcode;”.