# The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation

Extent: N.I.

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall, subject to paragraph (2), come into operation—
(a) for the purpose of this regulation on 1st April 2000;
(b) for the purposes of regulations 4(4), 5, 7 and 8—
(i) in a case where rent is payable at intervals of a whole number of weeks, on 3rd April 2000, and
(ii) in any other case, on 1st April 2000;
(c) for the purposes of the remainder of these Regulations, on 3rd April 2000.
(2) Regulation 8 shall come into operation immediately before the coming into operation of regulation 8 of the Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999.
(3) In these Regulations—
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“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987;
“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.
(4) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/74/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-1
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