Statutory Instruments

1992 No. 2322

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 1992

Made

29th September 1992

Laid before Parliament

7th October 1992

Coming into force

1st November 1992

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 138(2) and (4) and 175(3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee(2) 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 Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st November 1992.

(2) In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988(3).

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

2. In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (Post Office postcode areas assigned to designated National Climatological Message Stations)(4) 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

3. 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.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Nicholas Scott

Minister of State,

Department of Social Security

29th September 1992

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE 1

(1)	(2)
National Climatological Message Station	Description of Post Office postcode area
8. BOULMER	NE22, NE24, NE61-71. TD12, TD15.
11. BRIZE NORTON	GL1-8, GL10, GL11, GL14-20, GL50-56. HP17-22, HP27. OX1-18, OX20, OX33, OX44. SN7.
22. EDINBURGH AIRPORT	EH1-37, EH39-42, EH47-49, EH51-55. FK1-21. KY3, KY4, KY11, KY12. TD3, TD5, TD10, TD11, TD13, TD14.
23. ESKDALEMUIR	DG3, DG4, DG10, DG13, DG14. EH38, EH43-46. ML12. TD1, TD2, TD4, TD6-9.
25. FINNINGLEY	DN1-14. S1-14, S17, S19, That part of S30 which consists of sectors: S30 3, S30 4, S31, S60-66, S70-75.
33. LEEDS WEATHER CENTRE	That part of HD8 which consists of sectors: HD8 8,HD8 9. HG1-5. LS1-28. WF1-17. YO1-5, YO8.
34. LEEMING	DH1-3, DH6-9. DL1-17. NE1-13, NE15-21, NE28, NE39-40. TS1-9, TS14-23. YO6, YO7.
53. TYNEMOUTH	DH4, DK5. NE23, NE25-27, NE29-38. SR1-8. TS27-29.
56. WATNALL	CV9, CV13. DE1-7, DE11-15, DE21-24, DE45, DE55, DE56, DE65, DE72-75. DN22. LE1-18, LE65, LE67. NG1-22, NG25. S18, S40-45, S80, S81. ST14.
58. WHITBY COASTGUARD	TS10-13, TS24-26. YO11-18, YO21, YO22, YO25.
61. WILSDEN	BB4, BB8-12. BD1-24. HD1-7, and that part of HD8 which consists of sector HD8 0. HX1-7. LS29. OL3, OL13-15. That part of S30 which consists of sectors S30 1 S30 2 S30 5 S30 6.

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE 2

Regulation 1(2)

"SCHEDULE 2DEFINITION OF POST OFFICE POSTCODE AREA

1.-(1) In these Regulations "Post Office postcode area" means, except in the cases where sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply, that part of Great Britain which is described in the Postcode Atlas of Great Britain and Northern Ireland(5) as being the part identified by the postcode in question.

(2) This sub-paragraph applies to those parts of Great Britain which are described in the relevant postcode maps for that part(6) referred to in Table 1 below and are identified by the postcode in question-

TABLE 1

Postcodes	Map No.	Map Area	ISBN No.	Year of Publication
CF8	12	Cardiff & Glamorgan	07028 0512 28.99	1988
HD8	29	The Peak and South Yorkshire	07028 05297	1989
LA2	31	Lancashire	07028 0531 98.99	1987
LN4(7)	25 &	Fenland	07028 0525 48.99	1987
	30	Lincoln	07028 0530 08.99	1987
NP1	13	Hereford & Gloucester	07028 0513 08.99	1987
S30	29	The Peak and South Yorkshire	07028 05297	1989

(3) This sub-paragraph applies to those parts of Great Britain which are described in the relevant postcode maps for that part referred to in Table 2 below identified by the postcode in question(8)-

Table

Postcodes	Map No.	Map Area	Year of Publication
BH21, BH31	5	New Forest & Isle of Wight	1991
CB4	20	Cambridge	1992
CM24(7)	15 &	Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire	1992
	16	Essex	1992
CR2-8	9	London and Surrey	1991
DE45	29	The Peak and South Yorkshire	1992
LE7, LE65,	24	Derby and Nottingham	1992
LE67, DE21-24, DE56, DE65, DE72-75 NN8, LE18	19	Birmingham and Nottingham	1992
OX33, OX44, HP27	14	Oxford	1992
PE2-4	25	Fenland	1992
RG4, RG12	8	Reading and Salisbury Plan	1992
YO3(9)	32 &	West Yorkshire	1992
	33	York and Humberside	1992
AB30-31,	52	Aberdeen & Deeside	1991
AB34,
AB4, AB38,	56	Buchan & Gordon	1991
AB41-45, AB52-53, AB55-56
AB2-3, AB5,	52 &	Aberdeen & Deeside	1991
AB20,	56	Buchan & Gordon	1991
AB22-23
AB32-33,
AB35-37,
AB51,
AB54(10)"

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend Schedule 1 and substitute a new Schedule 2 to the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 further identifying 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 postcode for their address by contacting any post office.

(1)

1992 c. 4; section 138(4) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word "prescribed".

(2)

See sections 172(1) and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).

(3)

S.I. 1988/1724; relevant amending instrument S.I. 1991/2238.

(4)

Postcode areas are described in the Postcode Atlas of Great Britain and Northern Ireland published by John Bartholomew & Son Ltd, Duncan Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TA, Scotland ISBN No. 070280 9187.

(5)

Published by John Bartholomew & Son Ltd, Duncan Street, Edinburgh EH9 1TA, Scotland 1989, ISBN No. 07028 09187.

(6)

Published by John Bartholomew & Son Ltd, Duncan Street, Edinburgh EH9 1TA, Scotland.

(7)

This postcode is split between two maps and therefore the part covered appears on both maps referred to in the table.

(8)

Published by Datamaps Ltd, Unit 1, 13 Wembley Commercial Centre, East Lane, Wembley, Middlesex HA9 7XX.

(9)

These postcodes are split between two maps and therefore the part covered appears on both maps referred to in the table.

(10)