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(1) This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Winter Heating Assistance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2022.
(2) This Order shall come into force on 1st November 2022.
(3) This Order extends to England and Wales and Scotland.
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(1) The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation), in the definition of “home” after the word “separately” omit the words “in particular, in Scotland, any croft land on which the dwelling is situated”.
(3) In regulation 1A (prescribed description of persons), after paragraph (7) insert—“
(8) The fifth condition is that the person’s home is in England or Wales.”.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Claire Coutinho
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Work and Pensions
30th September 2022