The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 1992

Made: 29th September 1992

Laid before Parliament: 7th October 1992

Coming into force: 1st November 1992

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 138(2) and (4) and 175(3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee[^f00002] that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st November 1992.

• (2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988[^f00003].

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

2

In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (Post Office postcode areas assigned to designated National Climatological Message Stations)[^f00004] for entries 8, 11, 22, 23, 25, 33, 34, 53, 56, 58, and 61, there shall be respectively substituted the entries in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations

3

For Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (definition of Post Office postcode area) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

SCHEDULE 1

8

BOULMER

11

BRIZE NORTON

22

EDINBURGH AIRPORT

23

ESKDALEMUIR

25

FINNINGLEY

33

LEEDS WEATHER CENTRE

34

LEEMING

53

TYNEMOUTH

56

WATNALL

58

WHITBY COASTGUARD

61

WILSDEN

SCHEDULE 2

Signed

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

Nicholas Scott — Minister of State, — Department of Social Security — 29th September 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend Schedule 1 and substitute a new Schedule 2 to the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 further identifying areas linked to national climatological message stations by way of Post Office postcodes.

The Postcode Atlas of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the postcode maps may be obtained from their publishers.

A person may establish the postcode for their address by contacting any post office.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1992 c. 4; section 138(4) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed”.

[^f00002]: See sections 172(1) and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).

[^f00003]: S.I. 1988/1724; relevant amending instrument S.I. 1991/2238.

[^f00004]: Postcode areas are described in the Postcode Atlas of Great Britain and Northern Ireland published by John Bartholomew & Son Ltd, Duncan Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TA, Scotland ISBN No. 070280 9187.

[^f00005]: Published by John Bartholomew & Son Ltd, Duncan Street, Edinburgh EH9 1TA, Scotland 1989, ISBN No. 07028 09187.

[^f00006]: Published by John Bartholomew & Son Ltd, Duncan Street, Edinburgh EH9 1TA, Scotland.

[^f00007]: This postcode is split between two maps and therefore the part covered appears on both maps referred to in the table.

[^f00008]: Published by Datamaps Ltd, Unit 1, 13 Wembley Commercial Centre, East Lane, Wembley, Middlesex HA9 7XX.

[^f00009]: These postcodes are split between two maps and therefore the part covered appears on both maps referred to in the table.

[^f00010]: These postcodes are split between two maps and therefore the part covered appears on both maps referred to in the table.