The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Amendments and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

Amendment of the Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988

2.—(1) The Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) after the definition of “mean daily temperature” insert—

““member of the support group” means a claimant who has or is treated as having limited capability for work-related activity under Part 6 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008;

“member of the work-related activity group” means a claimant who has or is treated as having limited capability for work under Part 5 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 other than by virtue of regulation 30 of those regulations;”.

(3) In regulation 1A(3)(e) (prescribed description of persons)—

(a) for “, P’s applicable amount includes” substitute “and”;

(b) in head (i) before “one or more” insert “P’s applicable amount includes”; and

(c) for head (ii) substitute—

“(ii) P is a member of the work-related activity group or is a member of the support group;”.

(1)

S.R. 1988 No. 368; relevant amending Regulation is S.R. 2010 No. 344