1995 No. 2620
SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 1995

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 138(2) and (4) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19921 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and 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, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st November 1995.

(2)

In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 19883.

Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations2.

In regulation 3 of the principal Regulations (prescribed amount) for the amount “£7” there shall be substituted the amount “£8.50”.

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations3.

In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (Post Office postcode areas assigned to designated National Climatological Message Stations)

(a)

entries 25 (Finningley), 42 (Mount Batten), 52 (Trawsfynydd), 56 (Watnall) and 62 (Wyton) shall be omitted;

(b)

for entries 6, 14, 21, 33, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 54 and 55 there shall be respectively substituted the entries in the Schedule to these Regulations;

(c)

the new entry 11A (Capel Curig) specified in the Schedule to these Regulations, shall be inserted after entry 11 (Brize Norton);

(d)

the new entry 61A (Wittering) specified in the Schedule to these Regulations, shall be inserted after entry 61 (Wilsden)4.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Roger Evans
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security

SCHEDULE

Regulation 3

Column (1)

Column (2)

National Climatological Message Station

Identification of Post Code areas or parts thereof

6. BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT

DB1-21, B23-38, B40, B42-50, B60-76, B80, B90-98.

CV1-13, CV21-23, CV31-37.

DY1-13.

WR1-15.

WS1-6, WS8-10.

WV1-4, WV9-14.

11A. CAPEL CURIG

LL23-27, LL35-49, LL51, LL52.

SY20.

14. CILFYNYDD

CF8, CF37-48, CF81-83.

LD3

NP2-5, NP7, NP8, NP44.

That part of NP1 which consists of sectors: NP1 4, NP1 5, NP1 6, NP1 7, NP1 8.

21. EASTHAMPSTEAD

GU11, GU13, GU14, GU17, GU26, GU30, GU34, GU35.

RG1-17, RG20-28, RG30, RG31, RG40-42, RG45.

33. LEEDS WEATHER CENTRE

DE1-7, DE11-15, DE21-24, DE45, DE55, DE56, DE65, DE72-75.

That part of HD8 which consists of sectors: HD8 8, HD8 9. HG1-5.

LS1-28.

S1-14, S17-19, that part of S30 which consists of sectors: S30 3, S30 4, S31, S40-45, S60-66, S70-75.

WF1-17.

YO1-5, YO8.

45. RHOOSE

BA1-3, BA11.

BS1-27.

CF1-5, CF7, CF31-36, CF61-64, CF71, CF72.

GL9, GL12, GL13.

That part of NP1 which consists of sectors: NP1 0, NP1 9, NP6, NP9.

46. ST. MAWGAN

PL1-15, PL17-35.

TQ7, TQ8.

TR1-11, TR14-16.

47. SHAWBURY

B77-79.

DY14.

HR1-9.

LD1, LD2, LD4-8.

LL11-14, LL20, LL21.

ST1-14, ST15-21.

SY1-13, SY15-19, SY21, SY22.

TF1-13.

WS7, WS11-15.

WV5-8, WV15, WV16.

49. STANSTED

AL6-8.

CB10, CB11.

CM0-24.

CO8, CO9.

RM1-20.

SG1-14.

SS0-9, SS11-17.

50. STORNOWAY

HS1-9.

54. VALLEY

LL28-34, LL53-78.

55. WADDINGTON

DN1-22, DN31-40.

HU1-20.

LE1-18, LE65, LE67.

LN1-13.

NG1-25, NG31-34.

PE10-12, PE20-25.

61A. WITTERING

CB1-7.

LU1-7.

MK1-19, MK40-46.

NN1-18, NN29.

PE1-9, PE15-19.

SG15-19.

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988 No. 1724) by increasing with effect from 1st November 1995 the prescribed amount payable in respect of each period of cold weather from 7 to 8.50. They amend Schedule 1 to those Regulations making changes to the areas linked to national climatological message stations by way of Post Office postcodes.

A person may establish the current postcode for his address by contacting any Post Office.

These Regulations do not impose a charge on businesses.