3 Amendment of the Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) Regulations
1 The Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
S.R. 1988 No. 368; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1991 No. 487, S.R. 1993 No. 413, S.R. 1996 No. 488 and S.R. 2003 No. 191
2 In regulation 1A(1) (prescribed description of persons) –
(a) for “The” there shall be substituted “Subject to paragraph (2), the”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (a) “, but does not include the allowance specified in paragraph 2A of that Schedule (residential allowances)” shall be omitted;
Sub-paragraph (a) was amended by regulation 2 of S.R. 1993 No. 413
(c) in sub-paragraph (aa) “but does not include the allowance specified in paragraph 3 of that Schedule (residential allowances)” shall be omitted;
Sub-paragraph (aa) was inserted by regulation 3(b) of S.R. 1996 No. 488
(d) in sub-paragraph (ab) “and is not resident in a residential care home or nursing home” shall be omitted; and
Sub-paragraph (ab) was inserted by regulation 25(5)(b) of S.R. 2003 No. 191
(e) for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph –

“2 Paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who resides in –
(a) a nursing home within the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987;
The definition of “nursing home” was substituted by regulation 2(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Part I of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132
(b) a residential care home within the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, or
The definition of “residential care home” was substituted by regulation 2(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Part I of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132
(c) residential accommodation within the meaning given by regulation 21(3) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987.
The definition of “residential accommodation” was substituted by paragraph 1(4)(a) of Schedule 1 to, S.R. 1993 No. 149 and amended by paragraph 1(f) of Schedule 12 to, S.R. 1994 No. 65”

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Paragraph (2) was inserted by regulation 25(6) of S.R. 2003 No. 191
Regulation 1A was inserted by regulation 2 of S.R. 1991 No. 487 and amended by regulation 2 of S.R. 1993 No. 413, regulation 3 of S.R. 1996 No. 488 and regulation 25 of S.R.2003 No. 191