2004 No. 2154
The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Amendment) Regulations 2004
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 138(2) and (4) and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19921 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it2, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 20th September 2004.
Amendment of the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 20002
The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 20003 shall be amended as follows—
a
in regulation 1(2) (interpretation), after the definition of “residential accommodation” insert the following definition—
“state pension credit” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 of the State Pension Credit Act 20024;
b
in regulation 2(1) (entitlement to a winter fuel payment), in head (ii) for the words “income support” substitute “state pension credit”;
c
in regulation 3(1)(a) (persons not entitled to a winter fuel payment), in head (i) for the words “income support” substitute “state pension credit”;
d
in regulation 4(2) (making a winter fuel payment without a claim), after the words “income support” insert the words “or state pension credit”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)