# The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 1988, Note: 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1908/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-cold-weather-payments-general-amendment-regulations-1988/note
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