The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

Made: 9th September 2024

Coming into operation: 16th September 2024

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Citation, commencement and interpretation

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Entitlement to a Winter Fuel Payment

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Amount of Winter Fuel Payment

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Persons not entitled to a Winter Fuel Payment

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Making a Winter Fuel Payment without a claim

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Consequential amendment to the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987

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Revocations

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SCHEDULE 1 — Countries

SCHEDULE 2 — Regulations and Orders revoked

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 9th September 2024.

David Tarr — A senior officer of the Department for Communities

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: The Department for Social Development was renamed the Department for Communities in accordance with section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.).

[^f00002]: 1992 c. 7; see section 134(4) for the definition of ‘prescribed’.

[^f00003]: 1992 c. 8; section 165(1) was amended by paragraph 49(2) of Schedule 3 to The Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671) and by section 18(5) of the National Insurance Contributions Act 2014 (c. 7). Section 165(6) was amended by Schedule 7 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)).

[^f00004]: S.I. 1998 No. 1506 (N.I. 10); Article 74(1) was amended by paragraph 17 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21).

[^f00005]: See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481.

[^f00006]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

[^f00007]: 2002 c. 21

[^f00012]: S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)

[^f00013]: 2002 c. 14

[^f00014]: 2007 c. 2

[^f00015]: S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1)

[^f00016]: 2020 c. 1; amended by S.I. 2024/164.

[^f00017]: S.I. 2003/431 (N.I. 9); Article 11 was amended by paragraph 1(1)(d) of Schedule 6 to the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1).

[^f00018]: S.R. 2005 No. 580

[^f00019]: Article 2 was amended by paragraph 1(1)(d) of Schedule 6 to the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1).

[^f00020]: 1947 c.19

[^f00021]: State pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 c.14.

[^f00022]: Universal credit under Part 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.

[^f00023]: S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10); Articles 10 and 11 were amended by Part 7 of Schedule 12 to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1).

[^f00024]: S.R. 1987 No. 465

[^f00025]: Paragraph (6A) was inserted by regulation 2(2)(b) of S.R. 2003 No. 317 and amended by S.R. 2007 No. 467. Sub-paragraph (a)(ii) was amended by S.R. 2005 No. 299 and S.R 2015 No. 411.

[^f00026]: Regulation 35(2) was amended by S.R. 2002 No. 327, S.R. 2005 No. 536, S.R. 2008 No. 286 and S.R. 2010 No. 103.

Editorial notes

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