1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (General and Supply of Information) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1996.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1).
(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(2) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
S.R. 1987 No. 461; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1990 No. 136, S.R. 1992 No. 549, S.R. 1993 No. 145, S.R. 1995 No. 89 and S.R. 1996 No. 111