The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1992

Made: 14th October 1992

Laid before Parliament: 14th October 1992

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 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 (No. 2) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force—

• (a) for the purposes of regulation 6, on 31st October 1992;

• (b) for all other purposes, on 1st November 1992.

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

Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations

2

In paragraph (2) of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation)—

• (a) at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “Schedule 2 to these Regulations (meaning of references to Post Office postcode areas and sectors) shall have effect and”;

• (b) the definition of “Post Office postcode area” shall be omitted and in its place there shall be inserted—

• “postcode”, except in the definition below of “sector”, includes a part of a postcode;

Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations

3

• (1) In paragraph (1)(b) of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (prescribed circumstances for cold weather payments) after the words “Post Office postcode area” there shall be inserted the words “or part of such an area”.

• (2) In paragraph (2) of the said regulation 2—

• (a) after the words “Post Office postcode areas”, in sub-paragraph (a), there shall be inserted the words “or parts thereof”, and

• (b) after the words “Post Office postcode area”, in both places where they occur in sub-paragraph (b), there shall be inserted the words “or part of such an area”.

• (3) In paragraphs (1) and (2) of the said regulation 2 for the word “described”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “identified”.

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

4

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

• (a) for the heading of column (2) of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the heading

• Identification of Post Office postcode areas or parts thereof

• (b) 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

5

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.

Revocation

6

The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 1992[^f00004] are revoked.

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 — 14th October 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend Schedule 1 and substitute a new Schedule 2 to the Special Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 changing the 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 current postcode for his address by contacting any post office.

The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 1992 (which have not come into force) are revoked.

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]: S.I. 1992/2322.

[^f00005]: ISBN No. 07028, 09187. John Bartholomew & Son Ltd.’s address is Duncan Street, Edinburgh, EH9 1TA.

[^f00006]: Datamaps Ltd.’s address is Unit 1, 13 Wembley Commercial Centre, East Lane, Wembley, Middlesex HA9 7XX.