Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2007.

This regulation and regulations 2(1), (3) to (6), (7)(b)(ii) and (e), (8)(a), (9) and 3(1), (3) to (7), (8)(d) and (j), (9)(a), (11) and 4, 6 to 9 shall come into force on 2nd April 2007.

Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), regulations 2(8)(c), 3(9)(c) and 5 shall come into force on 8th April 2007.

Regulations 2(8)(c) and 3(9)(c) shall come into force immediately after regulation 5.

Regulations 2(8)(c), 3(9)(c) and 5, in so far as they relate to a particular beneficiary, shall not apply on any day in a benefit week to commence for that beneficiary before 9th April 2007.

Subject to paragraphs (7) and (8), regulations 2(2), (7)(a), (b)(i) and (iii), (c), (d) and (f) to (h), (8)(b) and (d) and 3(2), (8)(a) to (c) and (e) to (i), (k) and (l), (9)(b) and (10) in so far as they relate to a particular beneficiary, shall come into force on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that beneficiary on or after 9th April 2007.

Regulation 2(7)(a) to (h), in so far as it relates to a particular beneficiary, shall come into force immediately after article 16 of the Uprating Order 2007 comes into force.

Regulation 3(8)(a), (g) and (l) in so far as it relates to a particular beneficiary, shall come into force immediately after article 24 of the Uprating Order 2007 comes into force.

In this regulation—

• “benefit week” has the same meaning as in—

  1. (a)

     regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987^f1 so far as it relates to regulations 2 and 5(2), and

  2. (b)

     regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996^f2 so far as it relates to regulations 3 and 5(3);

• “the Uprating Order 2007” means the Social Security Benefits Uprating Order 2007^f3.