The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment No.2 Regulations 1991

Amendment of regulation 1 of the Cold Weather Payments Regulations

2.  In regulation 1(2) of the Cold Weather Payments Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation)(1)—

(a) for the definition of “claimant” there shall be substituted the following definition—

““claimant” means a person who is claiming or has claimed income support;”;

(b) after the definition of “family” there shall be inserted the following definitions—

““forecast” means a weather forecast produced by the Meteorological Office of the Ministry of Defence and supplied to the Department of Social Security on a daily basis which provides the expected average mean daily temperature for a period of 7 consecutive days;

“forecasted period of cold weather” means a period of 7 consecutive days, during which the average of the mean daily temperature for that period is forecasted to be equal to or below 0 degrees celsius; and for the purposes of this definition where a day forms part of a forecasted period of cold weather it shall not form part of any other such forecasted period;”;

(c) after the definition of “mean daily temperature” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““overlap period” means any period of a day or days, where a day forms part of a recorded period of cold weather and also forms part of a forecasted period of cold weather;”;

(d) the definition of “period of cold weather” shall be omitted;

(e) after the definition of “polygamous marriage” there shall be inserted the following definitions—

• ““Post Office postcode area” has the meaning given to it in Schedule 2 to these Regulations;

• “recorded period of cold weather” means a period of 7 consecutive days, during which the average of the mean daily temperature recorded for that period was equal to or below 0 degrees celsius; and for the purposes of this definition where a day forms part of a recorded period of cold weather it shall not form part of any other such recorded period;

• “sector” means the area identified by the number which commences the second part of a Post Office postcode;”.

(1)

Regulation 1(2) was amended by S.I.1988/1908 and 1990/580.