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2.—(1) The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (social fund winter fuel payments)—
(a)in paragraph (1)—
(i)for “and (3)” substitute “to (4)”; and
(ii)for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a)in respect of any day falling within the qualifying week is—
(i)ordinarily resident in Great Britain; or
(ii)habitually resident in Switzerland or an EEA state other than the United Kingdom; and”;
(b)after paragraph (3) add—
“(4) A person does not qualify for a winter fuel payment by virtue of falling within paragraph (2)(a)(ii) above unless—
(a)they are a person to whom Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/71(2) on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community, or Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(3) on the coordination of social security systems, applies; and
(b)they are able to demonstrate a genuine and sufficient link to the United Kingdom social security system.”.
(3) At the end of regulation 3 (persons not entitled to a social fund winter fuel payment), add—
“(3) No person is entitled to a winter fuel payment for the winter of 1997 to 1998, 1998 to 1999 or 1999 to 2000 unless they have made a claim for such a payment on or before 31st March 2014.”.
S.I. 2000/729. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2003/2192, 2003/1737, 2004/2154, 2008/1554, 2009/1488 and 2012/757.
OJ No L 149, 5.7.71, p2 (OJ/SE 1st series 1971 vol II p416).
OJ No L 166, 30.4.04, p1.
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