PART V MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS

Amendment of regulations relating to the social fund31

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3

The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 M1 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (4) to (6).

4

Regulation 1A shall be renumbered paragraph (1) of that regulation.

5

In the renumbered paragraph (1)—

a

after “income support” insert “ state pension credit ”;

b

after sub-paragraph (ia), insert—

ib

the person is entitled to state pension credit and is not resident in a care home;

6

After the renumbered paragraph (1), insert—

2

In paragraph (1)(ib), the expression “care home” means an establishment which is a care home for the purposes of the Care Standards Act 2000 M2.

7

In the Social Fund (Recovery by Deductions from Benefits) Regulations 1988 M3, in regulation 3, after paragraph (a), insert—

aa

state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002 M4;