# The Income-related Benefits (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1997, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income-related Benefits (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1997 and, subject to paragraph (2), shall come into force on 1st June 1998.
(2) In so far as these Regulations amend provisions relating to disability working allowance or family credit they shall come into force on 2nd June 1998 and in relation to any particular claimant they shall have effect, where that claimant has an award of either of those benefits—
(a) which expires on 1st June 1998, on 2nd June 1998; or
(b) which expires after 1st June 1998, on the day following the expiration of that award.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) above “claimant” means a person claiming the benefit concerned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2793/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1997/regulation-1
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