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The Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

S.R. 2012/369 · Made 27 September 2012

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Social Security

Made 27th September 2012

Coming into operation 1st November 2012

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.

The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to itf3.

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

f3

See sections 149(1) and (2) and 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8); section 149(1) was substituted and section 150(1) was amended by section 89 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) Regulations
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 1st November 2012.

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

In the Schedule to the Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988f1 for “St Angelo” substitute “Thomastown”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 27th September 2012

(L.S.)

Anne McCleary

A senior officer of the Department for Social Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Schedule to the Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 consequential upon the closure by the Meteorological Office of the St Angelo weather station and its replacement by the new Thomastown station. The postcode districts linked to the station remain unchanged.