Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (General) (Local Housing Allowance) Amendment Regulations 2005.

(2)

This regulation and regulation 2 shall come into force on 13th March 2005.

(3)

Regulation 3 shall come into force—

(a)

in relation to the area of a relevant authority specified in the Schedule to these Regulations; and

(b)

in relation to that relevant authority,

on the date specified in that Schedule in relation to that relevant authority.

(4)

In these Regulations—

(a)

“the 2003 Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) (Local Housing Allowance) Amendment Regulations 2003^f1;

(b)

“the principal Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987^f2; and

(c)

“relevant authority” has the meaning specified in regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations.

Annotations

f1: S.I. 2003/2399, amended by S.I. 2004/14.
f2: S.I. 1987/1971. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/1971, 1990/546, 1991/2742, 1993/317, 518 and 1150, 1994/2137, 1995/625, 1644, 2303 and 2868, 1996/965, 1510 and 2432, 1997/65, 852, 1995 and 2434, 1998/563, 1999/2401 and 2734, 2000/4 and 681, 2001/487, 1324 and 1605, 2002/490 and 2497, 2003/48, 325, 363, 1338 and 2399 and 2004/14 and 781.