The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2004

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2004.

(2) These Regulations shall come into force for the purposes of—

(a) regulations 1 to 6 and 12, on 1st April 2004;

(b) regulation 7, on 5th April 2004;

(c) [F1 regulations 9 and 10, on 6th April 2004;]

(d) regulation 8, on 12th April 2004; and

(e) regulation 11, in so far as it relates to a claimant for income support or, as the case may be, a jobseeker’s allowance, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 12th April 2004.

(3) In paragraph (2)(e) “benefit week” has the same meaning as in—

(a) the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 M1 , in so far as that paragraph relates to a claimant for income support; and

(b) the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 M2 , in so far as that paragraph relates to a claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 1(2)(c) revoked (6.3.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1987/1967. The definition of “benefit week” was amended by S.I. 1988/1445.

M2 S.I. 1996/207. The definition of “benefit week” was amended by S.I. 1996/1517 and 2538.