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—
- a
regulation 2(1)7 of the Income Support Regulations8, where the relevant benefit is income support;
- b
regulation 1(2)9 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations10, where the relevant benefit is a jobseeker’s allowance;
- c
regulation 2(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations11, where the relevant benefit is an employment and support allowance;
- a
“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—
- a
Schedule 312 to the Income Support Regulations, where the relevant benefit is income support;
- b
Schedule 2 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, where the relevant benefit is a jobseeker’s allowance, and
- c
Schedule 6 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations, where the relevant benefit is an employment and support allowance;
- a
“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—
- a
income support;
- b
a jobseeker’s allowance;
- c
an employment and support allowance;
- a
“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.