The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2006

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2006.

(2) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, these Regulations shall come into force on 1st October 2006.

(3) Regulations 5(1), (2), (3), (8), (9) and (10)(c), 6, 13(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (8), (9), (11) and (12)(c), 14, 15(1), (4) and (6), 16(1), (2) and (3), 17(1) and (5) and 18(1), (2) and (3) shall come into force on 2nd October 2006.

(4) Regulations 5(4), (5), (10)(a), (b), (d) and (e) and (11), 13(6), (7), (12)(a), (b), (d) and (e) and (13), 15(2), (3) and (7), 16(4), 17(2), (3) and (6) and 18(4) in so far as they relate to a particular beneficiary shall come into force on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that beneficiary on or after 2nd October 2006.

(5) In paragraph (4) the term “benefit week” has the same meaning as in—

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

(b) regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(2) so far as it relates to regulation 13;

(c) regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006(3) so far as it relates to regulation 15;

(d) regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006(4) so far as it relates to regulation 16;

(e) regulation 2(1) of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006(5) so far as it relates to regulation 17; and

(f) regulation 2(1) of the Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006(6) so far as it relates to regulation 18.

(6) Regulation 5(6) shall come into force on 7th October 2006.

(7) Regulations 2, 5(7), 10(2), 11, 12(3) and (5), 13(10), 15(5) and 17(4) shall come into force on 9th October 2006.

(1)

S.I. 1987/1967.

(2)

S.I. 1996/207.

(3)

S.I. 2006/213.

(4)

S.I. 2006/214.

(5)

S.I. 2006/215.

(6)

S.I.2006/216.