2 Amendment of the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations
1 The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).
S.R. 2000 No. 91; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 2000 No. 321 and S.R. 2003 No. 349
2 In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation) after the definition of “residential accommodation” there shall be added the following definition –

““state pension credit” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002.”

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2002 c. 14 (N.I.)
3 In regulation 2(1)(ii) (social fund winter fuel payments) for “income support” there shall be substituted “state pension credit”.
Regulation 2 was substituted by regulation 2 of S.R. 2003 No. 349
4 In regulation 3(1)(a)(i) (persons not entitled to a social fund winter fuel payment) for “income support” there shall be substituted “state pension credit”.
Regulation 3(1)(a)(i) was amended by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 2000 No. 321
5 In regulation 4(2) (making a winter fuel payment without a claim) after the words “income support” there shall be inserted “or state pension credit”.