Amendment of the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations6

1

The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200035 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

2

In regulation 1(2) (interpretation), after the definition of “partner” insert—

  • “qualifying age for state pension credit” means—

    1. a

      in the case of a woman, pensionable age, or

    2. b

      in the case of a man, the age which is pensionable age in the case of a woman born on the same day as the man;

3

In regulation 2(1)36 (social fund winter fuel payments), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

b

in or before the qualifying week has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit,

4

In regulation 3(1)(a) (persons not entitled to a social fund winter fuel payment), for head (i)37 substitute—

i

a partner of, and living with, a person who attained the qualifying age for state pension credit in or before the qualifying week and to whom state pension credit, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or an income-related employment and support allowance has been, or falls to be, paid in respect of the qualifying week;