Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 1(2) words added by Discretionary Financial Assistance 2017 reg. 2(2)
reg. 1 coming into force by Discretionary Financial Assistance 2001 reg. 1(1)
reg. 1(2) words inserted by Housing Benefit (Abolition of the Family Premium and date of claim) 2016 reg. 2(2)
reg. 1(2) words omitted by Social Security 2016 reg. 2(2)
reg. 1(2) words inserted by Universal Credit (Persons Required to Provide Information, Miscellaneous Amendments and Saving and Transitional Provision) 2018 reg. 3(a)
reg. 1(2) words substituted by Housing Benefit (Consequential Provisions) 2006 Sch. 2 para. 8(2)

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 2nd July 2001.

(2)

In these Regulations—

“the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act” means the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000;
“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987^f1.

(3)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f2 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 1 in operation at 2.7.2001, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1987 No. 461; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1988 Nos. 314 and 424, S.R. 1989 No. 125, S.R. 1991 Nos. 47 and 337, S.R. 1992 No. 444, S.R. 1993 No. 145, S.R. 1994 No. 137, S.R. 1996 Nos. 73, 111, 115, 181 and 221, S.R. 1997 Nos. 22 and 376, S.R. 1998 No. 114, S.R. 1999 No. 416, S.R. 2000 Nos. 38 and 74 and S.R. 2001 No. 79
f2: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)