Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and this regulation and regulation 3 shall come into operation on 1st June 1998.

Regulation 2 shall come into operation on 1st June 1998 but in the case of a claimant for income support whose benefit week does not commence on that date, it shall have effect from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant after that date.

In paragraph (2), “benefit week” and “claimant” shall have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987^f1.

Regulation 4 shall come into operation on 2nd June 1998 but in the case of a claimant for family credit or disability working allowance who has an award of either of these benefits which is current on 2nd June 1998, it shall have effect as from the day following the expiration of that award.

Regulation 5 shall come into operation on 1st June 1998 but in the case of a claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance whose benefit week does not commence on that date, it shall have effect from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant after that date.

In paragraph (5), “benefit week” shall have the same meaning as in regulation 1(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996^f2.

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f3 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.