The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2003

This Statutory Instrument has been printed in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2003/2605 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 3023

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2003

Made

24th November 2003

Laid before Parliament

27th November 2003

Coming into force

28th November 2003

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 138(2) and (4) and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it (2), hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 28th November 2003.

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988

2.  In Schedule 1(3) (identification of stations and postcode districts) to the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988(4), in column 1—

(a) for “Craibstone” substitute “Dyce (Aberdeen Airport)”; and

(b) for “Woodford” substitute “Ringway (Manchester Airport)”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Chris Pond

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

24th November 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1724) (“the principal Regulations”) in relation to the list of weather stations and applicable postcode districts in Schedule 1 to those Regulations.

Regulation 2 amends Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations by substituting Dyce (Aberdeen Airport) for Craibstone weather station and Ringway (Manchester Airport) for Woodford weather station as Craibstone and Woodford weather stations are unable to provide the temperature data required. As these Regulations are made in consequence of a defect in the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2605) they will be issued free of charge to all known recipients of those Regulations.

The Postcode Atlas of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the postcode maps may be obtained from their publishers. A person may establish the current postcode for their address by contacting the Royal Mail Postcode Enquiries Office (telephone [phone]) or by logging on to the Royal Mail website at www.royalmail.com.

These Regulations do not impose a charge on business.

(1)

1992 c. 4; section 138(4) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.

(2)

See sections 172(1) and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).

(3)

Schedule 1 was substituted by S.I. 2003/2605.

(4)

S.I. 1988/1724 as amended.