The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 1993

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force—

(a) for the purposes of regulations 1 to 24, on 4th October 1993;

(b) for the purposes of regulations 25 to 46, on 5th October 1993.

(2) Regulations 1 to 24 of these Regulations 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 4th October 1993 which applies in his case; and for this purpose the expressions “claimant” and “benefit week” have the same meanings as in the Income Support Regulations.

(3) Regulations 25 to 46 of these Regulations shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant—

(a) except where sub-paragraph (b) applies, on 5th October 1993, or

(b) where a claimant has an award of family credit or disability working allowance which is current on 4th October 1993, on the day following the expiration of that award.

(4) In these Regulations—

“the Disability Working Allowance Regulations” means the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991(1);

“the Family Credit Regulations” means the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987(2);

“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(3).

(1)

S.I. 1991/2887.

(2)

S.I. 1987/1973.

(3)

S.I. 1987/1967.