# The Income Support (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 8th April 1996.
(2) These Regulations shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant from the beginning of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 8th April 1996 and for this purpose the expressions “claimant” and “benefit week” have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations (interpretation).
(3) In these Regulations “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987.
(4) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/78/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-1
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