Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
(1)
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999.
(2)
These Regulations shall come into operation:—
(a)
in the case of regulations 1, 2 and 3, on 5th April 1999;
(b)
in the case of regulations 4 and 5, on the 6th April 1999 save that in the case of a claimant for family credit or disability working allowance who has an award of either of those benefits which is current on 5th April 1999, regulations 4 and 5 shall have effect in his case as from the day following the expiration of that award.
(3)
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954f1 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.