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These Regulations amend the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1724) (“the principal Regulations”).
Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations designates the relevant primary weather station for specified postcodes. A designated weather station records or forecasts periods of cold weather, which are then used to determine eligibility for cold weather payments for claimants living in postcodes assigned to that weather station. Schedule 2 to those Regulations specifies alternative stations used to provide this information where the primary station is unable to do so. Where there is no specified alternative station for the relevant primary station, the nearest primary station able to provide this information is used.
Regulation 2(1) substitutes the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations for the existing Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations. In the new Schedule 1 Tibenham Airfield replaces the station at Norwich Airport as a primary weather station and all postcodes currently linked to Norwich Airport are assigned to Tibenham Airfield. Llysdinam replaces the station at Sennybridge as a primary weather station and all postcodes currently linked to Sennybridge are assigned to Llysdinam.
Regulation 2(2) substitutes the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations for the existing Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations. The new Schedule 2 specifies Shawbury as the alternative station for Lake Vyrnwy No 2, Sennybridge No 2 as the alternative station for Llysdinam and Tredegar, Bryn Bach Park No 2, and Llysdinam as the alternative station for Trawsgoed. Sennybridge is removed from Schedule 2 as a primary station.
Minor changes are made in both the new Schedule 1 and new Schedule 2 to reflect the official station names.
The Postcode Atlas of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the postcode maps may be obtained from Harper Collins, United Kingdom, 2012, ISBN 0007443072. A person may establish the current postcode for his or her address by contacting the Royal Mail Postcode Enquiries office (telephone 0906 302 1222 (Monday to Friday, 8am – 4pm) or 08457 111 222 (Monday – Friday, 4pm – 6pm and Saturday, 8am – 1pm)) or through the Royal Mail Website at www.royalmail.com.
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