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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 20th September 2004.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
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(1) The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).
(2) In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation) after the definition of “residential accommodation” there shall be added the following definition –“
 “state pension credit” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002.”.
(3) In regulation 2(1)(ii) (social fund winter fuel payments) for “income support” there shall be substituted “state pension credit”.
(4) In regulation 3(1)(a)(i) (persons not entitled to a social fund winter fuel payment) for “income support” there shall be substituted “state pension credit”.
(5) In regulation 4(2) (making a winter fuel payment without a claim) after the words “income support” there shall be inserted “or state pension credit”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 20th August 2004.
Philip Angus
A senior officer of the
Department for Social Development
