Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation –
(a)for the purposes of this regulation and regulation 5, on 30th March 2003, and
(b)for all other purposes –
(i)in relation to any case where rent is payable at intervals of a whole number of weeks, on 7th April 2003, and
(ii)in relation to any other case, on 1st April 2003.
(3) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1).
(4) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(2) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
S.R. 1987 No. 461; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1994 No. 137, S.R. 1997 Nos. 170 and 376, S.R. 1999 No. 416 and S.R. 2000 No. 74