Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 11th April 1988.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

• “the Act” means the Social Security Act 1975;

• “the 1986 Act” means the Social Security Act 1986;

• “the up-rating order” means the Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No. 2) Order 1987^f1;

and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number.