The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007.

(2) This regulation and regulations 2(1), (3) to (6), (7)(b)(ii) and (e), (8)(a) and (9), 3(1), (3) to (7), (8)(d) and (j), (9)(a), (11) and (12) , 4, 6, 7 and 8 shall come into force on 2nd April 2007.

(3) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), regulations 2(8)(c), 3(9)(c) and 5 shall come into force on 8th April 2007.

(4) Regulations 2(8)(c) and 3(9)(c) shall come into operation immediately after regulation 5.

(5) Regulation 2(8)(c), 3(9)(c) and 5, in so far as they relate to a particular beneficiary, shall not apply on any day in a benefit week to commence for that beneficiary before 9th April 2007.

(6) Subject to paragraphs (7) and (8), regulations 2(2), (7)(a), (b)(i) and (iii), (c), (d) and (f) to (h), (8)(b) to (d), 3(2), (8)(a) to (c), (e) to (i), (k) and (l), (9)(b) and (10) and 9, in so far as they relate to a particular beneficiary, shall come into operation on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that beneficiary on or after 9th April 2007.

(7) Regulations 2(7)(a), (c) and (f) to (h) and (8)(d), in so far as they relate to a particular beneficiary, shall come into operation immediately after Article 16 of the Up-rating Order 2007 comes into operation.

(8) Regulations 3(8)(a), (c), (e) to (g) and (l), in so far as they relate to a particular beneficiary, shall come into operation immediately after Article 22 of the Up-rating Order 2007 comes into operation.

(9) In this regulation—

“benefit week” has the same meaning as in—

(i)

regulation 2(1)(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2) so far as it relates to regulations 2 and 5(2); and

(ii)

regulation 1(2)(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(4) so far as it relates to regulations 3 and 5(3);

“the Up-rating Order 2007” means the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2007(5).

(10) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(6) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

(1)

The definition of “benefit week” was amended by regulation 2(a) of S.R. 1988 No. 318

(2)

S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1990 No. 213, S.R. 1993 No. 373, S.R. 1994 No. 327, S.R. 1995 Nos. 67 and 367, S.R. 1997 No. 412, S.R. 1998 No. 324, S.R. 2000 Nos. 242 and 367, S R. 2002 Nos. 80, 132 and 323, S.R. 2003 Nos. 191, 195, 261 and 413, S.R. 2004 No. 213, S.R. 2005 Nos. 458 and 580 and S.R. 2006 No. 359

(3)

The definition of “benefit week” was amended by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 1996 No. 358, regulation 2(2)(a) of S.R. 1996 No. 503 and regulation 13(2) of S.R. 2006 No. 359

(4)

S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1996 No. 503, S.R. 1997 No. 412, S.R. 2000 Nos. 242, 350 and 367, S.R. 2002 Nos. 80, 132, 236 and 323, S.R. 2003 Nos. 195 and 261, S.R. 2005 Nos. 458 and 580 and S.R. 2006 No. 359

(5)

S.R. 2007 No. 153

(6)

1954 c. 33 (N.I.)