The Income Support (General) Amendment No.6 Regulations 1991

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) Amendment No. 6 Regulations 1991 and shall, subject to paragraph (2) below, come into force on 11th November 1991.

(2) These Regulations shall not apply in relation to a particular claimant until the beginning of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 11th November 1991.

(3) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, expressions used in these Regulations and in the General Regulations shall have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in the General Regulations; and

“qualifying conditions” has the meaning given in regulation 4(7);

“relevant amendment” means the amendment of regulation 3 of the General Regulations made by regulation 2 of these Regulations;

“the General Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 M1 .

(4) In regulations 4 to 6 of these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference—

(a) to a numbered regulation is to the regulation in these Regulations bearing that number;

(b) in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation bearing that number;

(c) in a paragraph to a lettered or numbered sub-paragraph is to the sub-paragraph in that paragraph bearing that letter or number.

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1987/1967; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/1678 and 1990/1776; the expression “benefit week” was amended by S.I. 1988/1445.