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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 and shall come into operation on 21st November 2024.
(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) 2024 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(4) (Entitlement to a Winter Fuel Payment), in the definition for ‘Pensionable age’ for ‘Schedule 1’ substitute the words ‘Schedule 2’.
(3) In regulation 5(2) (Making a Winter Fuel Payment without a claim), after the words “the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs” insert “, the Social Security Commissioners”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 30th October 2024.
(L.S.)David Tarr
A senior officer of the Department for Communities
