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The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 1994

S.I. 1994/2593 · Made 6 October 1994

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 6th October 1994

Laid before Parliament 11th October 1994

Coming into force 1st November 1994

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 138(2) and (4) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to itf2, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 4; section 138(4) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed”.

f2

See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations
  3. 3Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations
  4. 4Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations
  5. Signature
  6. Schedule 1Schedule 1
  7. Schedule 2Schedule 2
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 1st November 1994.

(2)

In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988f1.

2Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 3 of the principal Regulations (prescribed amount) for the amount “£6” there shall be substituted the amount “£7”.

3Amendment 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)f1—

(a)

entries 5 (Bedford Royal Aircraft Establishment) and 30 (Honington) shall be omitted;

(b)

for entries 4, 12, 39, 48, 57 and 62 there shall be respectively substituted the entries in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

(c)

the new entry 9A (Braemar) specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations, shall be inserted after entry 9 (Bournemouth Airport).

4Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations

In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (definition of Post Office postcode areas and sectors) in Table 1 there shall be added at the end the entries in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

James Arbuthnot

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Social Security

6th October 1994

Schedule 1

Column (1)Column (2)
National Climatological Message StationIdentification of Post Office postcode areas or parts thereof
4. AVIEMORE

AB31, AB33, AB34, AB36, AB37.

IV4, IV6, IV13.

PH 18-26.

9A. BRAEMARAB35.
12. CARLISLE

CA1-11, CA15-17.

DG16.

LA6-10, LA22, LA23.

39. MANCHESTER

BB1-3, BB5-7.

BL0-9.

CH1-4.

CW1-12.

That part of LA2 which consists of sectors; LA2 7, LA2 8.

M1-35, M38, M40, M41, M43-46.

OL1, OL2, OL4-12, OL16.

SK1-11, SK15, SK16.

SY14.

WA1-8, WA13-16.

WN1-8.

48. SOUTHAMPTON WEATHER CENTRE

GU32, GU33.

PO1-22, PO30-41.

SO1-5, SO14-19, SO21-24,

SO30-32.

SO40-43, SO45, SO50-53.

57. WATTISHAM

CB8, CB9.

CO1-7, CO10-16.

IP1-17, IP19-23, IP27-33.

62. WYTON

CB1-7.

LU1-7.

MK1-19, MK40-46.

NN1-18, NN29.

PE1-8, PE15-19.

SG15-19.

Schedule 2

(1)(2)(3)(4)
PostcodesMap No.Map areaYear of publication
M38, M40, M41, M43-46.G14Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire1994
SO14-19, SO30-32, SO40, SO45, SO50, SO53.G3Hampshire and the Isle of Wight1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) Regulations 1988 No. 1724 by increasing with effect from 1st November 1994 the prescribed amount payable in respect of each period of cold weather from £6 to £7. 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 of 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 upon businesses.