# The Welfare Supplementary Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Welfare Supplementary Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 and come into operation on 31st May 2016.
(2) In these Regulations—
the 2025 Regulations” means the Welfare Supplementary Payment (Universal Credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025;
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“the Order” means the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015;
“the Universal Credit Regulations” means the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016;
“welfare supplementary payment” means a payment under these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/178/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-supplementary-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-1
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