Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Housing Costs Special Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and, subject to paragraph (2), shall come into operation on 5th January 2010.
(2) Regulations 4, 5 and 6(a), in so far as they relate to a particular person, shall come into operation on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that person on or after 5th January 2010.
(3) In these Regulations—
“benefit week” in paragraph (2) has the same meaning as in regulation 1(4) of the principal Regulations;
“the principal Regulations” means the Social Security (Housing Costs Special Arrangements) (Amendment and Modification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(1).
(4) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(2) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.