Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation –

(a)

for the purposes of this regulation and regulation 2(1) and (2), on 6th April 2005,

(b)

for the purposes of regulation 3, on 6th July 2005, and

(c)

for all other purposes, on 6th April 2006.

(2)

In these Regulations “the Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987^f1.

(3)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f2 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 1 in operation at 6.4.2005, see reg. 1(1)(a)

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1987 No. 465; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1988 No. 369, S.R. 1990 No. 398, S.R. 1992 No. 7, S.R. 1996 No. 354, S.R. 1997 No. 156, S.R. 2001 No. 108, S.R. 2002 Nos. 323 and 327, S.R. 2003 No. 191 and S.R. 2004 No. 304
f2: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)