Regulation 2 Modification of the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

For the purpose of making social fund winter fuel payments in respect of the 2008-09 winter, regulation 2 of the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000^f1 (social fund winter fuel payments) is applied as if—

(a)

the references to £100 (in both places) were to £125;

(b)

in paragraphs (1)(i), (2)(a) and (3), the reference to £200 were to £250;

(c)

in paragraph (2)(b), the reference to £200 were to £275;

(d)

in paragraph (2)(b), the reference to £150 were to £200; and

(e)

the references to £300 (in both places) were to £400.

(2)

In this regulation—

“the 2008-09 winter” means the winter which follows the qualifying week beginning on 15th September 2008.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 2 in operation at 15.9.2008, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 2000 No. 91; regulation 2 was amended by regulation 2 of S.R. 2003 No. 349, regulation 2 of S.R. 2003 No. 389 and regulation 2(3) of S.R. 2004 No. 354