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The Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

S.R. 2011/383 · Made 27 October 2011 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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Social Security

Made 27th October 2011

Coming into operation 1st November 2011

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 134(2) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992f1 and now vested in itf2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 7; section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)

f2

See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment of the Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) Regulations Repealed
  3. 3Revocation
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule Schedule
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 and shall come into operation on 1st November 2011.

(2)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954f1 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

2Amendment of the Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) RegulationsF1

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3RevocationI1

Regulation 2(5) of the Social Fund (Cold Weather Payment) (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010f1 is revoked.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 27th October 2011

(L.S.)

Anne Mc Cleary

A senior officer of the Department for Social Development

I1

“SCHEDULE

IDENTIFICATION OF STATIONS AND POSTCODE DISTRICTS

Regulation 2

Column (1)Column (2)
Meteorological Office StationPostcode districts
1. AldergroveBT27 – 29, BT39 – 46, BT80
2. CastledergBT78 – 79, BT81 – 82
3. GlenanneBT35, BT60 – 71
4. KatesbridgeBT24 – 26, BT30 – 34
5. MagilliganBT47 – 49, BT51 – 57
6. St AngeloBT74 – 77, BT92 – 94
7. Stormont CastleBT1 – 23, BT36 – 38

”

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 (“the 1988 Regulations”).

The Schedule to the 1988 Regulations specifies weather stations which are relevant to determining whether there is a recorded or forecasted period of cold weather.

Regulation 2 substitutes the Schedule to the 1988 Regulations with the Schedule to these Regulations. The new Schedule largely re-enacts the list contained in the former Schedule, but it reassigns the postcodes from an existing station, Ballykelly, to a new weather station, Magilligan.

Regulation 3 makes a consequential revocation.

The Postcode Atlas of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the postcode maps may be obtained from their publishers. A person may establish the current postcode for his or her address by contacting the Royal Mail Postcode Enquiries Office (telephone 08457 111 222) or by logging on to the Royal Mail website at www.royalmail.com.

These Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.