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| | For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:
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| | | Early payment of winter fuel allowance in certain circumstances |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/729 |
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| | | S.I.2000/729) are amended as follows. |
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| | | (1) | In regulation 1(2) leave out ““qualifying week” means in respect of any year the |
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| | | week beginning on the third Monday in the September of that year” and insert— |
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| | | ““qualifying week” means— |
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| | | (a) | in respect of any year for an applicant whose home is connected |
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| | | to the mains gas grid the week beginning on the third Monday in |
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| | | the September of that year; or |
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| | | (b) | in respect of any year for an applicant whose home is not |
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| | | connected to the mains gas grid the week beginning on the third |
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| | | Monday in the July of that year.”. |
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| | | (2) | The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/729S.I. 2000/ |
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| | | 729) are amended as follows. |
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| | | (3) | In regulation 4, leave out paragraph (1) and insert— |
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| | | “(1) | Subject to paragraph (2) the Secretary of State may make a winter fuel |
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| | | payment under regulation 2 to a person who (disregarding regulation |
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| | | 3(b)) appears from official records held by the Secretary of State to be |
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| | | entitled to a payment under that regulation— |
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| | | (a) | in respect of an applicant whose home is not connected to the |
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| | | mains gas grid, before 30 September of the year in which the |
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| | | qualifying week falls, or |
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| | | (b) | in respect of an applicant whose home is connected to the mains |
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| | | gas grid, before 31 March of the year following the year in which |
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| | | the qualifying week falls. |
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| | | (1A) | Payments made under paragraph (1)(a) are made in respect of the |
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| | | (1B) | Payments made under paragraph (1)(b) are made in respect of the |
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| | | ‘(d) | conferring on the Secretary of State the power to establish an auction |
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| | | market (the “green power auction market”) in which generators are |
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| | | entitled to offer, and holders of supply licences are entitled to bid for, |
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| | | electricity generated from renewable sources. |
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| | | (e) | the the Secretary of State must exercise the powers in subsection (d), and |
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| | | take such other steps as they consider necessary, for the purposes of |
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| | | (i) | the green power auction market begins to operate when the first |
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| | | CFD is made and does not cease to operate until expiry of the last |
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| | | CFD that has been made; and |
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| | | (ii) | the reference price under a CFD entered into by a generator who |
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| | | is a party to any agreement made through the green power |
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| | | auction market is based on the price payable to the generator |
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| | | (iii) | in this section, “supply license” means a licence under the |
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| | | section 6(1)(d) of the Energy Act 1989.’. |
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