Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2009.

Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force on 25th January 2010.

Regulations 2(1) and 3(2)(c) and (d) and (5)(a), so far as they relate to a particular beneficiary who is not a person falling within regulation 2(2), come into force on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that beneficiary on or after 25th January 2010.

In these Regulations—

• “benefit week”—

  1. (a)

     in relation to income support, has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations;

  2. (b)

     in relation to a jobseeker’s allowance, has the same meaning as in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations;

  3. (c)

     in relation to an employment and support allowance, has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations;

• “the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008^f1;

• “the Immigration and Asylum Regulations” means the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations 2000^f2;

• “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987^f3; and

• “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996^f4.