The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998
These Regulations amend the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 to provide that the qualifying week for entitlement to a winter fuel payment for the winter of 1998 to 1999 shall be the week beginning 9th November 1998. They also amend the categories of persons who are entitled to a winter fuel payment and exclude certain persons in receipt of the mobility component of disability living allowance who are hospital in-patients from entitlement to such a payment.