PART 1GENERAL
Citation, commencement and interpretation1.
(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”5 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) 19876;
(3)
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19547 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.