Regulation 2 Prescribed circumstancesF1

The prescribed circumstances in which F2a cold weather payment may be made are—

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a)(i), where a primary F9site is unable to provide temperature information in respect of a particular day, the mean daily temperature on that day—

is to be used to determine whether or not there is a recorded period of cold weather at the primary site.

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a)(ii), where the Met Office is unable to produce a forecast in respect of a particular period at a primary F11site, the forecast in respect of that period produced—

is to be used to determine whether or not there is a forecasted period of cold weather at the primary site.

For the purposes of this regulation, where the home of the claimant is not situated within a postcode district for which a primary F13site is designated, it is to be treated as situated within a postcode district—

Subject to paragraphs(4) and (5) where a recorded period of cold weather is joined by an overlap period to a forecasted period of cold weather a payment under paragraph (1) may only be made in respect of the forecasted period of cold weather

Where—

a payment in respect of the last recorded period of cold weather may also be made under paragraph(1).

Where—

a cold weather payment may be made in respect of that recorded period of cold weather.

A cold weather payment may not be made after the end of the period of 26 weeks beginning with the last day of the winter period in which the period of cold weather concerned falls.

For the purposes of this regulation—

• “alternative F17site” means a site—

  1. (a)

     which, in the opinion of the Met Office, is the most geographically and climatologically representative for the postcode district in which the home of the claimant is situated, and

  2. (b)

     is able to provide temperature information—

     1. (i)

        for the purposes of paragraph (1A), for the relevant day, or

     2. (ii)

        for the purposes of paragraph (1B), for the production of a forecast for the relevant period;

• “primary site” means a site designated for a postcode district in accordance with regulation 2A(1);

• “secondary site” means a site designated for a postcode district in accordance with regulation 2A(2).