Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Income-Related Benefits (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation as follows—

(a)

for the purposes of this regulation and regulation 5(1) and (2)(a) on 31st March 1997;

(b)

for the purposes of regulations 2 to 4 and 5(2)(b) and (3) on 7th October 1997.

(2)

In relation to any particular claimant for either family credit or disability working allowance, regulations 2, 3 and 4 shall have effect, where a claimant has an award of either of those benefits—

(a)

which expires on 6th October 1997, on 7th October 1997;

(b)

which expires after 6th October 1997, on the day following the expiration of that award.

(3)

In these Regulations “the Family Credit Regulations” means the Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987^f1.

(4)

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

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1987 No. 463; relevant amending rules are S.R. 1992 No. 148, S.R. 1995 No. 86, S.R. 1996 No. 476 and S.R. 1997 No. 113
f2: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)