# The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007.
(2) This regulation and regulations 2(1), (3) to (6), (7)(b)(ii) and (e), (8)(a) and (9), 3(1), (3) to (7), (8)(d) and (j), (9)(a), (11) and (12) , 4, 6, 7 and 8 shall come into force on 2nd April 2007.
(3) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), regulations 2(8)(c), 3(9)(c) and 5 shall come into force on 8th April 2007.
(4) Regulations 2(8)(c) and 3(9)(c) shall come into operation immediately after regulation 5.
(5) Regulation 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.
(6) Subject to paragraphs (7) and (8), regulations 2(2), (7)(a), (b)(i) and (iii), (c), (d) and (f) to (h), (8)(b) to (d), 3(2), (8)(a) to (c), (e) to (i), (k) and (l), (9)(b) and (10) and 9, 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 9th April 2007.
(7) Regulations 2(7)(a), (c) and (f) to (h) and (8)(d), in so far as they relate to a particular beneficiary, shall come into operation immediately after Article 16 of the Up-rating Order 2007 comes into operation.
(8) Regulations 3(8)(a), (c), (e) to (g) and (l), in so far as they relate to a particular beneficiary, shall come into operation immediately after Article 22 of the Up-rating Order 2007 comes into operation.
(9) In this regulation—
“benefit week” has the same meaning as in—
(i) regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 so far as it relates to regulations 2 and 5(2); and
(ii) regulation 1(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 so far as it relates to regulations 3 and 5(3);
“the Up-rating Order 2007” means the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2007.
(10) 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/2007/154/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-1
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