Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 6th April 2009.

In these Regulations—

• “the Great Britain Up-rating Order” means the Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Order 2009^f1;

• “the Northern Ireland Up-rating Order” means the Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating (Northern Ireland) Order 2009^f2; and

• “the Up-rating Orders” means the Great Britain Up-rating Order and the Northern Ireland Up-rating Order.