# The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 1993 S.I. 1993/2450 · made 11 October 1993 These Regulations amend regulation 1A of the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 so that persons whose applicable amount for the purposes of income support includes a residential allowance, shall not be entitled to a cold weather payment out of the Social Fund. They amend Schedule 1 to those Regulations making changes to the areas linked to national climatological message stations by way of Post Office postcodes and also make additions to Table 1 in Schedule 2 to those Regulations which identifies postcode areas by reference to maps produced by Datamaps Ltd. Made under: Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (Section 138, Section 175) ## Introductory text SOCIAL SECURITY Made 11th October 1993 Laid before Parliament 11th October 1993 Coming into force 1st November 1993 The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 138(2) and (4) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these 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 1993 and shall come into force on 1st November 1993. (2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988. ## 2 Amendment of regulation 1A of the principal Regulations In paragraph (i) of regulation 1A of the principal Regulations (prescribed description of persons to whom payments for meeting expenses for heating in cold weather may be made), after the word “Regulations” there shall be added the words “, but does not include the allowance specified in paragraph 2A of that Schedule (residential allowances)”. ## 3 Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (Post Office postcode areas assigned to designated National Climatological Message Stations) (a) entries 10 (Brawdy), 16 (Coningsby), 18 (Cwmbargoed) and 44 (Prestwick) shall be omitted; (b) for entries 2, 8, 14, 22, 23, 27, 31, 34, 38, 45, 55, 58 and 61, there shall be respectively substituted the entries in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; (c) new entry 52A (Tulloch Bridge), specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations, shall be inserted after entry 52 (Trawsfyndd). ## 4 Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (Post Office post code areas and sectors) in Table 1, the entry relating to “Cardiff & Glamorgan” in Schedule 2 to these Regulations shall be inserted after the entry for “New Forest & Isle of Wight” and the entry relating to “Birmingham & Nottingham” shall be substituted in the Table for the existing entry relating to “Birmingham & Nottingham”. ## Signature Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Nicholas Scott Minister of State, Department of Social Security 11th October 1993 ## Schedule 1 Column (1) Column (2) National Climatological Message Station Identification of Post Office postcode areas or parts thereof 2 ABERPORTH SA35—48, SA61—73. SY23—25. 8 BOULMER NE22, NE24, NE61—71. TD12, TD15. 14 CILFYNYDD CF8, CF37—48. LD3. NP2—5, NP7, NP8, NP44. That part of NP1 which consists of sectors: NP1 4, NP1 5, NP1 6, NP1 7 and NP1 8. 22 EDINBURGH AIRPORT EH1—37, EH39—42, EH47—49, EH51—55. FK1—21. KY3, KY4, KY11, KY12. TD5, TD11, TD13, TD14. 23 ESKDALEMUIR DG3, DG4, DG10, DG13, DG14. EH38, EH43—46. ML12. TD1—4, TD6—10. 27 GLASGOW AIRPORT G1—5, G11—15, G20—23, G31—34, G40—46, G51—53, G60—69, G71—78, G81—84. KA1—26, KA28—30. ML1—11. PA1—27, PA32, PA36. 31 KINLOSS AB38, AB44, AB45, AB55, AB56. IV1—3, IV5, IV7—12, IV14—20, IV30—32, IV36. 34 LEEMING DH1—3, DH6—9. DL1—17. NE1—13, NE15—21, NE28, NE39—49. TS1—9, TS14—23 and that part of TS12 which consists of sector: TS12 3. YO6, YO7, YO17, YO18 and that part of YO21 which consists of sector YO21 2. 38 MACHRIHANISH KA27. PA28—31, PA41—49, PA60, PA61. 45 RHOOSEB BA1—3, BA11. BS1—27. CF1—5, CF7, CF31—36, CF61—64. GL9, GL12, GL13. That part of NP1 which consists of sectors: NP1 0, NP1 9, NP6, NP9. 52A TULLOCH BRIDGE PA33, PA35, PA38—40. PH30—35, PH37. 55 WADDINGTON DN15—21, DN31—40. HU1—20. LN1—13. NG23, NG24, NG31—34. PE9—12, PE20—25. 58 WHITBY COASTGUARD TS10, TS11, TS13, TS24—26 and that part of TS12 which consists of sectors: TS12 1, TS12 2. YO11—16, YO22, YO25 and that part of YO21 which consists of sectors: YO21 1, YO21 3. 61 WILSDEN BB4, BB8—12. BD1—24. HD1—7, and that part of HD8 which consists of sector: HD8 0. HX1—7. LS29. OL3, OL13—15. That part of S30 which consists of sectors: S30 1, S30 2, S30 5, S30 6. SK12—14, SK17. ## Schedule 2 Table 1 Postcodes Map No. Map Area Year of Publication CF61—64 12 Cardiff & Glamorgan 1993 LE8, LE18 19 & 20 Birmingham & Northampton 1993 NN1—18 ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend regulation 1A of the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 so that persons whose applicable amount for the purposes of income support includes a residential allowance, shall not be entitled to a cold weather payment out of the Social Fund. They amend Schedule 1 to those Regulations making changes to the areas linked to national climatological message stations by way of Post Office postcodes and also make additions to Table 1 in Schedule 2 to those Regulations which identifies postcode areas by reference to maps produced by Datamaps Ltd. A person may establish the current postcode for his address by contacting any post office. These Regulations do not impose a charge on businesses. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2450 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-cold-weather-payments-general-amendment-regulations-1993 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.