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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-no-5-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2007/396",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 5) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-no-5-regulations-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 5) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and, subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), shall come into operation on 1st October 2007.\n(2) Regulation 4(12)(a) and (13)(b), 7(14)(a) and (15)(b) and 9(12)(a) and (13)(b) shall come into operation on 7th April 2008.\n(3) Regulations 4(12)(b) and 7(14)(b) in so far as they relate to a particular beneficiary, shall come into operation on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that beneficiary on or after 7th April 2008.\n(4) Regulation 9(12)(b), in relation to a case where rent is payable at intervals of a week or any multiple thereof, shall come into operation on 7th April 2008, and in relation to any other case, on 1st April 2008.\n(5) In this regulation—\n“benefit week” has the same meaning as in—\n(a) regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 so far as it relates to regulation 4(12)(b);\n(b) regulation 1(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 so far as it relates to regulation 7(14)(b).\n(6) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 1 in operation at 1.10.2007, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The definition of “benefit week” was amended by regulation 2(a) of S.R. 1988 No. 318"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 1988 Nos. 146, 318 and 431, S.R. 1989 No. 365, S.R. 1992 No. 403, S.R. 1993 Nos. 120 and 373, S.R. 1994 Nos. 77 and 327, S.R. 1995 No. 86, S.R. 1996 No. 199, S.R. 1997 No. 130, S.R. 1998 No. 182, S.R. 1999 Nos. 342, 371 (C. 28), 390 and 472 (C. 36), S.R. 2000 Nos. 4 and 260, S.R. 2001 No. 151, S.R. 2002 No. 132, S.R. 2003 No. 191, S.R. 2004 Nos. 300 and 389, S.R. 2005 No. 536 and S.R. 2007 Nos. 153 and 306"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The definition of “benefit week” was amended by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 1996 No. 358, regulation 2(2)(a) of S.R. 1996 No. 503 and regulation 13(2) of S.R. 2006 No. 359"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 1996 Nos. 356 and 358, S.R. 1998 No. 182, S.R. 1999 Nos. 342 and 428 (C. 32), S.R. 2000 Nos. 109 and 260, S.R. 2001 No. 151, S.R. 2004 No. 300, S.R. 2005 No. 536, S.R. 2006 No. 359 and S.R. 2007 Nos. 153 and 306"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1954 c. 33 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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