Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Housing Costs Special Arrangements) (Amendment and Modification) Regulations 2008.

Regulations 4 to 6, in so far as they relate to a particular person, come into force on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that person on or after 5th January 2009.

The remaining provisions of these Regulations come into force on 5th January 2009.

In these Regulations—

• “benefit week” has the same meaning as in—

  1. (a)

     regulation 2(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations M1, where the relevant benefit is an employment and support allowance;

  2. (b)

     regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations M2, where the relevant benefit is income support;

  3. (c)

     regulation 1(2) of the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations M3, where the relevant benefit is a jobseeker's allowance;

• “housing costs” has the same meaning as in paragraph 1(1) (housing costs) of —

  1. (a)

     Schedule 6 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations, where the relevant benefit is an employment and support allowance;

  2. (b)

     Schedule 3 M4 to the Income Support Regulations, where the relevant benefit is income support;

  3. (c)

     Schedule 2 to the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations, where the relevant benefit is a jobseeker's allowance;

• “relevant benefit” means—

  1. (a)

     an employment and support allowance;

  2. (b)

     income support;

  3. (c)

     a jobseeker's allowance;

• “the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008;

• “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987;

• “the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations 1996;

• “the State Pension Credit Regulations” means the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 M5.