The Housing Benefit (Abolition of Benefit Periods Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

PART 1 GENERAL

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (Abolition of Benefit Periods Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 5th April 2004.

(2) In these Regulations –

“the Act” means the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000;

“appropriate relevant authority” has the same meaning as in paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Act;

“benefit period” has the same meaning as in regulation 66 of the Housing Benefit Regulations as in operation immediately before 5th April 2004;

“relevant authority”(1) has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations;

“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2);

(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(3) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

(1)

Definition of “relevant authority” was inserted by regulation 2(a) of S.R. 2001 No. 215

(2)

S.R. 1987 No. 461; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1989 No. 125, S.R. 1990 Nos. 136 and 137, S.R. 1991 Nos. 47 and 337, S.R. 1992 No. 141, S.R. 1993 Nos. 149 and 381, S.R. 1994 No. 274, S.R. 1995 No. 89, S.R. 1996 Nos. 111, 115, 181 and 334, S.R. 1997 No. 454, S.R. 1999 Nos. 99, 381 and 416, S.R. 2000 Nos. 1, 260 and 265, S.R. 2001 Nos. 78, 79, 99, 175, 215 and 238, S.R. 2002 No. 295 and S.R. 2003 Nos. 189, 197 and 294

(3)

1954 c. 33 (N.I.)