The Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation for the purposes of –

(a) this regulation and, in so far as they relate to a particular beneficiary in receipt of incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance, regulations 2 and 3, on 16th February 2004; and

(b) regulations 2 and 3 in so far as they relate to a particular beneficiary other than a beneficiary in receipt of incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance, on 16th February 2004 if it is his day for payment or, if not, on his day for payment next following 16th February 2004, and for the purposes of this paragraph “day for payment” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 22(3) of, and Schedule 6 to, the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1).

(1)

S.R. 1987 No. 465; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1992 No. 7, S.R. 2001 No. 108 and S.R. 2002 Nos. 297 and 323