Amendment of the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations4
1
The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200018 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
2
In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation) omit the definition of the “Income Support Regulations”.
3
In regulation 2(4)19 (social fund winter fuel payments) for “(2)(a)(ii)” substitute “(1)(a)(ii)”.
4
In regulation 3(1)(a)20 (persons not entitled to a social fund winter fuel payment)—
a
at the end of head (ii) omit “or”; and
b
after head (iii) insert—
iv
in residential care and is a person 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; or