Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.

(2)

These Regulations come into force—

(a)

for the purposes of income-based jobseeker’s allowance and contributory employment and support allowance on 27th November 2016;

(b)

for all other purposes on 6th April 2017.

(3)

In these Regulations—

(a)

“the Principal Arrangements” means the provisions contained in the Memorandum of Reciprocal Arrangements set out in the Schedule to the Social Security (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) Regulations 2016^f1;

(b)

“contributory employment and support allowance” has the meaning given by section 1(7) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007^f2 and section 1(7) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007^f3;

(c)

“income-based jobseeker’s allowance” has the meaning given by the Jobseekers Act 1995^f4 and the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f5.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2016/287.
f2: 2007 c.5.
f3: 2007 c.2 (N.I.).
f4: 1995 c.18.
f5: S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15).