Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 15th December 1996.

(2)

These Regulations shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant—

(a)

in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in arrears, in accordance with paragraph 7(1)(i) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations^f1 (date when change of circumstances is to take effect)—

(i)

from the first day of the benefit week which includes 22nd December 1996; or

(ii)

if the claim for income support is for a period beginning after 22nd December 1996, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 15th December 1996;

(b)

in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in advance, in accordance with paragraph 7(1)(ii) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 22nd December 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^f2 (interpretation).

(3)

In these Regulations, “the Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987^f3 and “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987^f4.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Paragraph 7 is substituted by S.I.1990/2208 and amended by S.I.1991/387 and 1992/247.
f2: The definition of “benefit week” is amended by S.I.1988/1445.
f3: S.I.1987/1968.
f4: S.I.1987/1967.