# The Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 16th November 2003.
(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 1(a) of Schedule 2A to the Decisions and Appeals Regulations (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 23rd November 2003, or
(ii) if the claim for income support is for a period commencing after 23rd November 2003, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 16th November 2003;
(b) in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in advance, in accordance with paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 2A to the Decisions and Appeals Regulations, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 23rd November 2003,
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 Decisions and Appeals Regulations” means the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999;
“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 an Act of the Assembly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/455/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-standard-interest-rate-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-1
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