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Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Paternity and Adoption Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 8th December 2002.

(2)

In these Regulations–

  • F1

  • “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987f1;

  • “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996f2.

(3)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954f3 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 1(2) revoked (20.11.2006) by The Housing Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/407), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with regs. 2, 6(2), Sch. 3, Sch. 4)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 1 in operation at 8.12.2002, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1988 No. 146, S.R. 1993 No. 373, S.R. 1996 No. 199 and S.R. 1999 No. 500

f2

S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 1997 No. 138

f3

1954 c. 33 (N.I.)