Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1
Northern Ireland
(1)
These Regulations may be cited as the Personal Social Services (Direct Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997.
(2)
In these Regulations—
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“the Order” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972; and
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“the 1986 Order” means the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986f1.
Annotations
Commencement
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Reg. 1 in operation at 1.4.1997, see reg. 1(1)
Footnotes
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S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4); Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1994/429 (N.I. 2) and S.I. 1996/3160 (N.I. 24)