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Explanatory note

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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).