Amendment of the Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) Regulations3
1
The Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 198819 shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
2
In regulation 1A(1)20 (prescribed description of persons) –
a
for “The” there shall be substituted “Subject to paragraph (2), the”;
b
in sub-paragraph (a)21 “, but does not include the allowance specified in paragraph 2A of that Schedule (residential allowances)” shall be omitted;
c
in sub-paragraph (aa)22 “but does not include the allowance specified in paragraph 3 of that Schedule (residential allowances)” shall be omitted;
d
in sub-paragraph (ab)23 “and is not resident in a residential care home or nursing home” shall be omitted; and
e
for paragraph (2)24 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) 198725;
b
a residential care home within the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 198726, or
c
residential accommodation within the meaning given by regulation 21(3) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 198727.