Citation, commencement and interpretationI11

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Housing Costs Special Arrangements) (Amendment and Modification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008.

2

Regulations 4 to 6, in so far as they relate to a particular person, shall come into operation on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that person on or after 5th January 2009.

3

The remaining provisions of these Regulations shall come into operation on 5th January 2009.

4

In these Regulations—

  • “benefit week” has the same meaning as in—

    1. a

      regulation 2(1)7 of the Income Support Regulations8, where the relevant benefit is income support;

    2. b

      regulation 1(2)9 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations10, where the relevant benefit is a jobseeker’s allowance;

    3. c

      regulation 2(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations11, where the relevant benefit is an employment and support allowance;

  • “the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008;

  • “housing costs” has the same meaning as in paragraph 1(2) (housing costs) of—

    1. a

      Schedule 312 to the Income Support Regulations, where the relevant benefit is income support;

    2. b

      Schedule 2 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, where the relevant benefit is a jobseeker’s allowance, and

    3. c

      Schedule 6 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations, where the relevant benefit is an employment and support allowance;

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

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

  • “relevant benefit” means—

    1. a

      income support;

    2. b

      a jobseeker’s allowance;

    3. c

      an employment and support allowance;

  • “the State Pension Credit Regulations” means the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200313.

5

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 195414 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.