# The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 1988

S.I. 1988/1908 · made 2 November 1988

These Regulations amend in two respects the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988.

Made under: Social Security Act 1986 (Section 32, Section 84); Social Security Act 1975 (Section 166)

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## Introductory text

SOCIAL SECURITY
Made 2nd November 1988
Laid before Parliament 3rd November 1988
Coming into force 7th November 1988
The Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 32(2A) and 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3A) of the Social Security Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make the Regulations should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 7th November 1988.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988.

## 2 Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations (interpretation), for the definition of “period of cold weather” there shall be substituted the following definition—
““period of cold weather” means a period of 7 consecutive days during which the average of the mean daily temperature for that period is equal to or below 0 degrees celsius; and for the purposes of this definition where a day forms part of a period of cold weather it shall not form part of any other such period;”.

## 3 Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 2(1)(c)(ii) of the principal Regulations (prescribed circumstances) for “2” there shall be substituted “5”.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Peter Lloyd
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
2nd November 1988

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend in two respects the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988.
The definition of a period of cold weather no longer includes the requirement that the period shall begin on a Monday and end on the following Sunday (regulation 2).
A claimant who otherwise meets the conditions for a payment out of the Social Fund to meet expenses for heating may now receive such a payment if a member of his family is under the age of 5 (regulation 3).

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