Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Students and Income-related Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation –

(a)for the purposes of this regulation, on 1st August 2004; and

(b)for the purposes of regulations 2 to 7 –

(i)in the case of a person whose period of study begins on or after 1st August 2004 but before 1st September 2004, on the day the period of study begins; and

(ii)in any other case, on 1st September 2004.

(2) In these Regulations –

“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1);

“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2);

“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(3);

“period of study”(4) has the same meaning as in regulation 61 of the Income Support Regulations.

(4)

Definition of “period of study” was amended by regulation 8(b) of S.R. 1991 No. 338 and regulation 2(2)(c) of S.R. 2000 No. 242