9.—(1) In this Article—
“the 1975 claims and payments Regulations” means the [S.R. 1975 No. 104] Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975;
“the 1977 amendment Regulations” means the [S.R. 1977 No. 250] Social Security (Attendance Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1977;
“the 1977 claims and payments Regulations” means the [S.R. 1977 No. 351] Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1977;
“the 1980 amendment Regulations” means the [S.R. 1980 No. 267] Social Security (Attendance Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1980;
“regulation 16A” means regulation 16A of the 1975 claims and payments Regulations, which was added by regulation 9 of the 1977 amendment Regulations;
“regulation 18” means regulation 18 of the 1977 claims and payments Regulations, both as originally made and as substituted by regulation 5(2) of the 1980 amendment Regulations;
“appropriate pay day” means a day for payment under regulation 15(7) of the 1975 claims and payments Regulations or regulation 16(7) of the 1977 claims and payments Regulations of weekly sums on account of an attendance allowance; and
“13 week period” means the period mentioned in regulation 16A or regulation 18.
(2) Regulation 16A and regulation 18 shall be deemed always to have had effect as if—
(a)the words “ Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of these regulations ” were inserted at the beginning;
(b)any reference to attendance allowance being payable for a period were a reference to attendance allowance which would have been payable for that period but for—
(i)regulation 15(9) or (10) of the 1975 claims and payments Regulations; or
(ii)regulation 16(10) or (11) of the 1977 claims and payments Regulations; and
(c)in relation to any case where a 13 week period does not end on an appropriate pay day, any reference to a 13 week period in paragraph (1) of either regulation 16A or regulation 18 were a reference to that period together with any days after its end but before the next appropriate pay day.