Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations shall be cited as the Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 21st March 2004.

(2)

In these Regulations, “the Decisions and Appeals Regulations” means the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999^f1 and “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987^f2.

(3)

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 1(a) of Schedule 3A to the Decisions and Appeals Regulations^f3 (date on which change of circumstances takes effect in certain cases where a claimant is in receipt of income support)—

(i)

from the first day of the benefit week which includes 28th March 2004; or

(ii)

if the claim for income support is for a period commencing after 28th March 2004, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 21st March 2004;

(b)

in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in advance, in accordance with paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 3A to the Decisions and Appeals Regulations from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 28th March 2004,

and for this purpose, the expressions “claimant” and “benefit week” have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations^f4 (interpretation).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1999/991.
f2: S.I. 1987/1967.
f3: Schedule 3A was inserted by S.I. 2000/1596.
f4: The definition of “benefit week” was amended by S.I. 1988/1445.