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Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004.

(2)

These Regulations shall come into operation for the purposes of –

(a)

regulations 1 to 5, on 1st April 2004;

(b)

regulation 6, on 5th April 2004;

(c)

regulation 8, on 6th April 2004;

(d)

regulation 7, on 12th April 2004; and

(e)

regulation 9, in so far as it relates to a claimant for income support or, as the case may be, a jobseeker’s allowance, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 12th April 2004.

(3)

In paragraph (2)(e) “benefit week” has the same meaning as in –

(a)

regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulationsf1, in so far as that paragraph relates to a claimant for income support; and

(b)

regulation 1(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulationsf2, in so far as that paragraph relates to a claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance.

(4)

In these Regulations –

  • F1...

  • “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987f3;

  • “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996f4.

(5)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954f5 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 1(4) revoked (20.11.2006) by The Housing Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/407), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with regs. 2, 6(2), Sch. 3, Sch. 4)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 1 in operation at 1.4.2004, see reg. 1(2)(a)

Footnotes

f1

The definition of “benefit week” was amended by regulation 2(a) of S.R. 1988 No. 318

f2

The definition of “benefit week” was amended by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 1996 No. 358 and regulation 2(2)(a) of S.R. 1996 No. 503

f3

S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1990 No. 387, S.R. 1992 No. 147, S.R. 1993 No. 373, S.R. 1997 No. 541, S.R. 1998 No. 326, S.R. 1999 No. 381, S.R. 2001 Nos. 105, 134 and 151, S.R. 2002 No. 275 and S.R. 2003 Nos. 195, 367 and 417

f4

S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 1997 No. 541, S.R. 1998 No. 326, S.R. 2000 No. 350, S.R. 2001 No. 151, S.R. 2002 Nos. 132 and 275 and S.R. 2003 Nos. 155 and 417

f5

1954 c. 33 (N.I.)