The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021

The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000

2.—(1) The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2—

(a) substitute paragraph (4)(a) with—

“(a) they are a person who is covered by—

(i) Title III of Part 2 of the withdrawal agreement as set out at Article 30 of that agreement;

(ii) Title III of Part 2 of the EEA EFTA separation agreement as set out at Article 29 of that agreement;

(iii) Part Three of the Swiss citizens’ rights agreement as set out at Article 25 of that agreement; or

(iv) the Convention on Social Security between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ireland signed at Dublin on 1st February 2019 (as modified from time to time in accordance with any provision of it) as set out in Article 2 of that Convention; and”;

(b) after paragraph (4) insert—

“(5) In this regulation “withdrawal agreement”, “EEA EFTA separation agreement” and “Swiss citizens’ rights agreement” have the same meanings as in section 39(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020(2).”.

(1)

S.I. 2000/729. Regulation 2(4)(a) was inserted by 2003/1737 and amended by 2013/1509, 2015/67, 2018/1084. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

(2)

2020 c. 1.