Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Student Amounts Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation as follows—

(a)

regulation 1 on 3rd August 1998;

(b)

regulation 2(a) and (e)—

(i)

in a case where a student’s period of study begins on or after 1st August 1998 but before 31st August 1998, on the first day of that period;

(ii)

in any other case, on 31st August 1998,

so, however, that regulation 2(a) and (e) shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant at the beginning of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after the day mentioned in head (i) or the date mentioned in head (ii), whichever applies in his case; and for this purpose the expression “benefit week” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations^f1 or, as the case may be, in regulation 1(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations^f2;

(c)

regulations 2(b) and 3—

(i)

in a case where a student’s period of study begins on or after 1st August 1998 but before 31st August 1998, on the first Monday of that period;

(ii)

in any other case, on 31st August 1998;

(d)

regulation 2(c) and (d)—

(i)

in a case where a student’s period of study begins on or after 1st August 1998 but before 31st August 1998, on the first Tuesday of that period;

(ii)

in any other case, on 1st September 1998.

(2)

In these Regulations—

F1...^f3
“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987^f4;
“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996^f5.

(3)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f6 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland 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 3.8.1998, see reg. 1(1)(a)

Footnotes

f1: The definition of “benefit week” was amended by regulation 2(a) of S.R. 1988 No. 318
f2: The definition of “benefit week” was amended by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 1996 No. 358 and regulation 2(2)(a) of S.R. 1996 No. 503
f3: S.R. 1987 No. 461; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1996 No. 405 and S.R. 1997 No. 330
f4: S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1988 No. 318, S.R. 1996 No. 405 and S.R. 1997 No. 330
f5: S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1996 Nos. 358 and 503 and S.R. 1997 No. 330
f6: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)