2009 No. 233
The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
Made
Coming into operation
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 21st September 2009.
2
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19543 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
Modification of the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations2
1
For the purpose of making social fund winter fuel payments in respect of the 2009-10 winter, regulation 2 of the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20004 (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 2009-10 winter” means the winter which follows the qualifying week beginning on 21st September 2009.
Revocation3
The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20085 are revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 16th June 2009
(This note is not part of the Regulations)