The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000

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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 3rd April 2000.

(2) In these Regulations—

[F1“care home” in England and Wales has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 of the Care Standards Act 2000, and in Scotland means a care home service as defined by [F2paragraph 2 of schedule 12 to the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010];]
[F3[F4“couple” means—
(a)
two people who are married to, or civil partners of, each other and are members of the same household; or
(b)
two people who are not married to, or civil partners of, each other but are living together as a married couple;]]
M1[F3“free in-patient treatment" shall be construed in accordance with regulation [F52(4) and (5) of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 2005];
[F6“income-related employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment and support allowance);]
F7...
[F8“independent hospital”—
(a)
in England, means a hospital as defined by section 275 of the National Health Service Act 2006 that is not a health service hospital as defined by that section;
(b)
in Wales, has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000; and
(c)
in Scotland, means an independent healthcare service as defined in [F9section 10F(1)(a) and (b) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978];]
[F10“qualifying age for state pension credit” means—
(a)
in the case of a woman, pensionable age; or
(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;]
“qualifying week" means in respect of any year the week beginning on the third Monday in the September of that year;
F11...
“partner" means a member of–
(a)
[F12a couple]; or
(b)
a polygamous marriage;
F11...
[F13“state pension credit” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002;]
F14...