# The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation

Extent: N.I.

(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 Regulations, in so far as that paragraph relates to a claimant for income support; and
(b) regulation 1(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, in so far as that paragraph relates to a claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance.
(4) In these Regulations –
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“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987;
“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.
(5) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/143/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/regulation-1
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