# The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2002, Regulation 31: Amendment of regulations relating to the social fund

Extent: E+W+S

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(3) The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 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 .”.
(7) In the Social Fund (Recovery by Deductions from Benefits) Regulations 1988 , in regulation 3, after paragraph (a), insert—
“(aa) state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002 ;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3019/regulation/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-consequential-transitional-and-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2002/regulation-31
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