The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Citation, commencement and interpretation N.I.

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and subject to paragraphs (2) to (5) shall come into operation on 26th October 2009.

(2) The following provisions shall come into operation, in so far as they relate to a particular claimant, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 26th October 2009—

(a) regulation 2(2), (6), (8), (15) and (16)(a) to (c);

(b) regulation 4(2), (6), (8), (14) and (15)(a) to (d);

(c) regulation 5; and

(d) regulation 8(2), (6), (8) to (10), (17) and (18)(a) to (c).

(3) Regulation 6(2) to (6)(c) and 7 come into operation on 2nd November 2009.

(4) Regulation 6(6)(d) comes into operation—

(a) in relation to any case where rent is payable at intervals of a week or any multiple of whole weeks, on 5th April 2010; and

(b) in any other case on 1st April 2010.

(5) The following provisions come into operation, in so far as they relate to a particular claimant, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 12th April 2010—

(a) regulation 2(4), (5), (9) to (11), (14)(b) and (16)(d);

(b) regulation 4(4), (5), (9) to (11), (13) and (15)(e); and

(c) regulation 8(4), (5), (11) to (13), (16)(b) and (18)(d).

(6) In this regulation “benefit week” has the same meaning as in—

(a) regulation 2(1)(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2), in so far as it relates to regulations 2(4) to (6), (8), (9) to (11), (14)(b), (15) and (16);

(b) regulation 1(2)(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(4), in so far as it relates to regulations 4(4) to (6), (8) to (11) and (13) to (15);

(c) regulation 1(2) of the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(5), in so far as it relates to regulation 5; and

(d) regulation 2(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(6) in so far as it relates to regulations 8(2), (4) to (6), (8) to (13), (16)(b), (17) and (18).

(7) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(7) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in operation at 26.10.2009, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

The definition of “benefit week” was amended by regulation 2(a) of S.R. 1988 No. 318

(2)

S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 1988 No. 318, S.R. 1989 No. 366, S.R. 1995 Nos. 86, 301 and 367, S.R.1996 Nos. 199 and 202, S.R. 1997 No. 130 and 331, S.R. 1998 Nos. 81 and 431, S.R. 1999 No 472 (C. 36), S.R. 2000 No. 242, S.R. 2001 Nos. 29, 258 and 278, S.R. 2003 No. 195, S.R. 2004 Nos. 16 and 163, S.R. 2005 Nos. 98, 424 and 536, S.R. 2006 No. 97, S.R. 2007 Nos. 306 and 396, S.R. 2008 Nos. 406, 428, 498 and 503 and S.R. 2009 No. 92

(3)

The definition of “benefit week” was substituted by regulation 3 of S.R. 2009 No. 107

(4)

S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 1997 Nos. 130 and 331, S.R. 1998 No. 81, S.R. 1999 No. 428 (C. 32), S.R. 2000 No. 242, S.R. 2001 Nos. 29 and 278, S.R. 2003 No. 195, S.R. 2004 Nos. 16 and 163, S.R. 2005 No. 458, S.R. 2006 No. 97, S.R. 2007 Nos. 306 and 396, S.R. 2008 Nos. 406, 428, 498 and 503 and S.R. 2009 No. 92

(5)

S.R. 2003 No. 28; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2003 No. 191, S.I. 2003/2175, S.R. 2005 No. 98, S.R. 2006 No. 104 and S.R. 2008 No. 498

(6)

S.R. 2008 No. 280; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2008 Nos. 413, 498 and 503 and S.R. 2009 No. 92

(7)

1954 c. 33 (N.I.)