Regulation 31 Amendment of regulations relating to the social fund

England, Wales and Scotland

F1(1)

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F2(2)

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(3)

The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 M1 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (4) to (6).

(4)

Regulation 1A shall be renumbered paragraph (1) of that regulation.

(5)

In the renumbered paragraph (1)—

(a)

after “income support” insert “ state pension credit ”;

(b)

after sub-paragraph (ia), insert—

“(ib)
the person is entitled to state pension credit and is not resident in a care home;”.

(6)

After the renumbered paragraph (1), insert—

“(2)
In paragraph (1)(ib), the expression “care home” means an establishment which is a care home for the purposes of the Care Standards Act 2000 M2.”.

(7)

In the Social Fund (Recovery by Deductions from Benefits) Regulations 1988 M3, in regulation 3, after paragraph (a), insert—

“(aa)
state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002 M4;”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 31(1) revoked (5.12.2005) by The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3061), regs. 1, 2, Sch.
F2: Reg. 31(2) revoked (5.12.2005) by The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3061), regs. 1, 2, Sch.

Marginal citations

M1: S.I. 1988/1724.
M2: 2000 c. 14;see section 3 of that Act.
M3: S.I. 1988/35.
M4: 2002 c. 16.