Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2012.

Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force on 1st January 2013.

Regulations 3(2)(a), 4(2)(a), 5 and 6 come into force on 1st April 2013.

In these Regulations—

• “the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006^f1; and

• “the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006^f2.