{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1990/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1990/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/580",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 1 of the Cold Weather Payments Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 1 of the Cold Weather Payments Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation)–\n(a) in paragraph (2)–\n(i) after the definition of “income support” there shall be inserted the following definition–\n““married couple” means a man and a woman who are married to each other and are members of the same household;”;\n(ii) after the definition of “mean daily temperature” there shall be inserted the following definition–\n““partner” means one of a married or unmarried couple or a member of a polygamous relationship;”;\n(iii) after the definition of “station” there shall be inserted the following definition–\n““unmarried couple” means a man and a woman who are not married to each other but are living together as husband and wife.”;\n(b) after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph–\n“(2A) For the purposes of these Regulations, a person shall be treated as a member of a polygamous relationship where, but for the fact that the relationship includes more than two persons, he would be one of a married or unmarried couple.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/580/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:23:52.947430+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}