# The Social Security Amendment (Capital Limitsand Earnings Disregards) Regulations 2000, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation

Extent: E+W+S

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Amendment (Capital Limits and Earnings Disregards) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) for all other purposes, on 9th April 2001.
(2) Regulation 2(1) of these Regulations shall, in relation to any particular claimant for income support, have effect from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 9th April 2001 and in this paragraph, the expressions “benefit week" and “claimant" shall have the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations .
(3) Regulation 2(2) of these Regulations shall, in relation to any particular claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance, have effect from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 9th April 2001 and in this paragraph, the expression “benefit week" shall have the same meaning as in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations .
(4) In these Regulations—
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“the Income Support Regulations" means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 ;
“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations" means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2545/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-capital-limitsand-earnings-disregards-regulations-2000/regulation-1
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