Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “the 2015 Order” means the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015^f1;

• “the 2016 Act” means the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2016;

• “application” means an application for deduction from benefit made under section 14 of the 2016 Act;

• “assessment period” means the period prescribed by regulation 22 of the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016^f2;

• “the Claims and Payments regulations” means the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseekers Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016^f3;

• “collection officer”, means a person so designated under section 2(1) of the 2016 Act;

• “court” means the responsible court under section 27(1) of the 2016 Act;

• “debtor” has the meaning as defined under section 1(2) of the 2016 Act;

• “standard allowance” means, in relation to any claimant, any amount included in the claimant’s award of universal credit under Article 14(1) of the 2015 Order;

• “universal credit” means universal credit under Part 2 of the 2015 Order.

Subject to paragraph (3), the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f4 applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

For the purposes of these Regulations and notwithstanding section 39(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954, where a period of time is expressed to begin on, or to be reckoned from, a particular day, that day shall be included in the period.