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


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 23rd June 1996.
(2) These Regulations shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant—
(a) in a case where income support is paid to the clamant in arrears, in accordance with paragraph 7(1)(a) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations (date when change of circumstances is to take effect)—
(i) from the first day of the benefit week which includes 30th June 1996, or
(ii) if the claim for income support is for a period beginning after 30th June 1996, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 23rd June 1996;
(b) in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in advance, in accordance with paragraph 7(1)(b) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 30th June 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 Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987;
“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/1996/218/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-standard-interest-rate-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-1
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