The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2007

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2007 and, subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), shall come into force on 1st October 2007.

(2) Regulations 5(12) and 8(15), 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 7th April 2008.

(3) Regulation 11(12) shall come into force—

(a) in relation to any case where rent is payable at intervals of a whole number of weeks, on 7th April 2008;

(b) in any other case, on 1st April 2008.

(4) Regulation 13(10) shall come into force on 1st April 2008.

(5) In this regulation—

“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(12), and

(b)

regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(2), so far as it relates to regulation 8(15).

(1)

S.I. 1987/1967.

(2)

S.I. 1996/207.