The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1993

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force—

(a) for the purposes of this regulation and regulation 5 on 29th March 1993;

(b) for the purposes of regulation 2 and the Schedule, and regulations 9, 15 and 21 in so far as they relate to council tax or council tax benefit, on 1st April 1993;

(c) for the purposes of regulations 3 to 8, and regulation 9 in so far as it is not already in force, on 12th April 1993;

(d) for the purposes of regulations 10 to 14 and 16 to 20, and regulations 15 and 21 in so far as they are not already in force, on 13th April 1993.

(2) Regulations 3 to 8 of these Regulations and regulation 9 except in so far as it came into force on 1st April 1993 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 12th April 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 10 to 14 and 16 to 20 of these Regulations, and regulations 15 and 21 except in so far as they came into force on 1st April 1993 shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant—

(a) except where sub-paragraph (b) applies, on 13th April 1993, or

(b) where a claimant has an award of family credit or disability working allowance which is current on 12th April 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; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1992/2155.

(2)

S.I. 1987/1973; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/660, 1988/999, 1988/1438, 1988/1970, 1990/127, 1990/574, 1990/1774, 1991/1175, 1991/1520, 1992/573 and 1992/1101.

(3)

S.I. 1987/1967; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/1445, 1988/2022, 1989/534, 1990/127, 1990/547, 1990/1776, 1991/1175, 1991/1559, 1991/2742, 1992/50, 1992/1101 and 1992/1198.