The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment No.2 Regulations 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/2238
• Sections: 70

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment No. 2 Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st November 1991.

(2) In these Regulations “the Cold Weather Payments Regulations ” means the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 .

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 1 of the Cold Weather Payments Regulations

In regulation 1(2) of the Cold Weather Payments Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation) —

(a) for the definition of “claimant” there shall be substituted the following definition—

“claimant” means a person who is claiming or has claimed income support;

(b) after the definition of “family” there shall be inserted the following definitions—

“forecast” means a weather forecast produced by the Meteorological Office of the Ministry of Defence and supplied to the Department of Social Security on a daily basis which provides the expected average mean daily temperature for a period of 7 consecutive days;

“forecasted period of cold weather” means a period of 7 consecutive days, during which the average of the mean daily temperature for that period is forecasted to be equal to or below 0 degrees celsius; and for the purposes of this definition where a day forms part of a forecasted period of cold weather it shall not form part of any other such forecasted period;

(c) after the definition of “mean daily temperature” there shall be inserted the following definition—

“overlap period” means any period of a day or days, where a day forms part of a recorded period of cold weather and also forms part of a forecasted period of cold weather;

(d) the definition of “period of cold weather” shall be omitted;

(e) after the definition of “polygamous marriage” there shall be inserted the following definitions—

“Post Office postcode area” has the meaning given to it in Schedule 2 to these Regulations;

“recorded period of cold weather” means a period of 7 consecutive days, during which the average of the mean daily temperature recorded for that period was equal to or below 0 degrees celsius; and for the purposes of this definition where a day forms part of a recorded period of cold weather it shall not form part of any other such recorded period;

“sector” means the area identified by the number which commences the second part of a Post Office postcode;

Section 3 Substitution of regulation 2 of the Cold Weather Payments Regulations

For regulation2 of the Cold Weather Payments Regulations (prescribed circumstances) there shall be substituted the following Regulation—

Prescribed circumstances

(2)

(1) The prescribed circumstances in which a payment may be made out of the social fund to meet expenses for heating under section32(2A) of the Act are—

(a) subject to paragraphs (3), (4) and (5)—

(i) there is a recorded period of cold weather at a station described in column (1) of Schedule1 to these Regulations or, if that station is unable to provide temperature information for the period in question, the nearest such station to that station able to provide temperature information for that period; or

(ii) there is a forecasted period of cold weather at a station described in column (1) of Schedule1 to these Regulations; and

(b) the home of the claimant is, or by virtue of paragraph(2)(b) is treated as, situated in a Post Office postcode area in respect of which the first mentioned station in sub-paragraph(a)(i) or the station mentioned in sub-paragraph(a)(ii) of this paragraph, as the case may be, is the designated station; and

(c) the claimant has been awarded income support in respect of at least one day during the recorded or the forecasted period of cold weather and either—

(i) the claimant’s applicable amount includes one or more of the premiums specified in paragraphs9 to 14 of PartIII of Schedule2 to the General Regulations; or

(ii) a member of the claimant’s family is aged less than 5.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a) the station described in column(1) of Schedule1 to these Regulations is the designated station for the Post Office postcode areas described in the corresponding paragraph in column(2) of that Schedule;

(b) where the home of the claimant is not situated within a Post Office postcode area described in column(2) of that Schedule, it shall be treated as situated within the Post Office postcode area nearest to it described in that column.

(3) Subject to paragraphs(4) and (5) where a recorded period of cold weather is joined by an overlap period to a forecasted period of cold weather a payment under paragraph (1) may only be made in respect of the forecasted period of cold weather

(4) Where—

(a) there is a continuous period of forecasted periods of cold weather and recorded periods of cold weather, each of which is linked by an overlap period; and

(b) the total number of recorded periods of cold weather during that continuous period is greater than the total number of forecasted periods of cold weather,

a payment in respect of the last recorded period of cold weather may also be made under paragraph(1).

(5) Where—

(a) a claimant satisfies the prescribed circumstances for a payment under paragraph(1) above in respect of a recorded period of cold weather; and

(b) a payment in respect of the recorded period of cold weather does not fall to be made by virtue of paragraph(4); and

(c) the claimant does not satisfy the prescribed circumstances in paragraph(1)(c) above in respect of the forecasted period of cold weather which is linked to the recorded period of cold weather by an overlap period,

a payment in respect of that recorded period of cold weather may also be made under paragraph(1).

Section 4 Amendment of regulation 3 of the Cold Weather Payments Regulations

In regulation 3 of the cold weather payments Regulations (prescribed amount) the words “Subject to regulation 4,” shall be omitted.

Section 5 Deletion of regulation 4 of the Cold Weather Payments Regulations

Regulation 4 of the Cold Weather Payments Regulations (effect and calculation of capital) shall be deleted.

Section 6 Substitution of the Schedule to the Cold Weather Payments Regulations

For the Schedule to the Cold Weather Payments Regulations there shall be substituted the Schedules set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Section 1

ABERDEEN AIRPORT

Section 1

(1) In these Regulations, “Post Office postcode area” means, except in the cases where sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply, that part of Great Britain which is described in the Postcode Atlas of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as being the part identified by the postcode in question.

(2) This sub-paragraph applies to those parts of Great Britain which are described in the relevant postcode maps for that part referred to in Table 1 below and are identified by the postcode in question—

(3) This sub-paragraph applies to those parts of Great Britain which are described in the relevant postcode maps for that part referred to in Table 2 below and are identified by the postcode in question —

Section 2

ABERPORTH

Section 3

AUGHTON

Section 4

AVIEMORE

Section 5

BEDFORD ROYAL AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHMENT

Section 6

BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT

Section 7

BOSCOMBE DOWN

Section 8

BOULMER

Section 9

BOURNEMOUTH AIRPORT

Section 10

BRAWDY

Section 11

BRIZE NORTON

Section 12

CARLISLE

Section 13

CHIVENOR

Section 14

CILFYNYDD

Section 15

COLTISHALL

Section 16

CONINGSBY

Section 17

CULDROSE

Section 18

CWMBARGOED

Section 19

DUMFRIES (DRUNGANS)

Section 20

DUNKESWELL

Section 21

EASTHAMPSTEAD

Section 22

EDINBURGH AIRPORT

Section 23

ESKDALEMUIR

Section 24

ESKMEALS

Section 25

FINNINGLEY

Section 26

GATWICK AIRPORT

Section 27

GLASGOW AIRPORT

Section 28

HEATHROW AIRPORT

Section 29

HERSTMONCEUX

Section 30

HONINGTON

Section 31

KINLOSS AB38, AB44, AB45, AB55, AB56. IV1–3, IV5, IV7–12, IV14–20, IV30–32, IV36. PA38–40. PH30–35, PH37.

Section 32

KIRKWALL

Section 33

LEEDS WEATHER CENTRE

Section 34

LEEMING

Section 35

LERWICK

Section 36

LEUCHARS

Section 37

LYNEHAM

Section 38

MACHRIHANISH

Section 39

MANCHESTER AIRPORT

Section 40

MANSTON

Section 41

MARHAM

Section 42

MOUNT BATTEN

Section 43

MUMBLES