Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Students and Income-related Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and, subject to paragraph (2), shall come into operation on 1st August 2005.

2

Regulation 2 shall come into operation—

a

in the case of a person whose period of study begins on or after 1st August 2005 but before 1st September 2005, on the day the period of study begins; and

b

in any other case, on 1st September 2005.

3

In these Regulations—

  • “the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19876;

  • “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19877;

  • “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19968;

  • “the 2003 Regulations” means the Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20039;

  • “period of study”10 for the purposes of paragraph (2) has the same meaning as in regulation 61 of the Income Support Regulations.

4

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 195411 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.