Regulation 1 Citation and commencement

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Benefits (Adjustment of Amounts and Thresholds) Regulations 2016.

(2)

These Regulations shall come into force for the purposes of—

(a)

this regulation, on 1st April 2016;

(b)

regulation 2, in so far as it relates to a particular beneficiary, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that beneficiary on or after 11th April 2016, and for the purpose of this sub-paragraph “benefit week” has the same meaning as in the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987^f1;

(c)

regulation 3, in so far as it relates to a particular beneficiary, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that beneficiary on or after 11th April 2016, and for the purpose of this sub-paragraph “benefit week” has the same meaning as in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996^f2;

(d)

regulation 4, in so far as it relates to a particular beneficiary, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that beneficiary on or after 11th April 2016, and for the purpose of this sub-paragraph “benefit week” has the same meaning as in the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002^f3;

(e)

regulation 5, in relation to a case where rent is payable at intervals of a week or any multiple thereof, on 4th April 2016, and in relation to any other case, on 1st April 2016, and for the purpose of this sub-paragraph “rent” has the same meaning as in the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006^f4;

(f)

regulation 6, in relation to a case where rent is payable at intervals of a week or any multiple thereof, on 4th April 2016, and in relation to any other case, on 1st April 2016, and for the purpose of this sub-paragraph “rent” has the same meaning as in the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006^f5; and

(g)

regulation 7, in so far as it relates to a particular beneficiary, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that beneficiary on or after 11th April 2016, and for the purpose of this sub-paragraph “benefit week” has the same meaning as in the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008^f6.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1987/1967. See regulation 2(1) for the definition of “benefit week” which was amended by S.I. 1988/1445.
f2: S.I. 1996/207. See regulation 1(3) for the definition of “benefit week” which was substituted by S.I. 2009/604.
f3: S.I. 2002/1792. See regulation 1(2) for the definition of “benefit week” which was substituted by S.I. 2009/3229.
f4: S.I. 2006/213. See regulation 2(1) for the definition of “rent”.
f5: S.I. 2006/214. See regulation 2(1) for the definition of “rent”.
f6: S.I. 2008/794. See regulation 2(1) for the definition of “benefit week”.