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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 and, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), shall come into operation on 11th April 2011.
(2) This regulation and regulations 12 and 13 shall come into operation on 4th April 2011 in relation to any case where rent is payable at intervals of a week, or any multiple of whole weeks, and in any other case on 1st April 2011.
(3) Regulations 3(6) and (7)(a), 7(7) and (8)(c), 10, 14(10)(a), (11) and (12), so far as they relate to a particular claimant, shall come into operation on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 11th April 2011.
(4) In this regulation “benefit week” has the same meaning—
(a)for income support, as in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1);
(b)for jobseeker’s allowance, as in regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(2); and
(c)for employment and support allowance, as in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(3).
(5) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(4) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
S.R 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 1988 Nos. 146 and 431, S.R. 1989 No. 365, S.R. 1997 No. 541, S.R. 1998 No. 81, S.R. 1999 No. 472 (C. 36), S.R. 2000 No. 367, S.R. 2001 No. 29, S.R. 2003 Nos. 195 and 338, S.R. 2005 No. 536, S.R. 2007 No. 154, S.R. 2008 Nos. 112, 406, 428 and 503, and S.R. 2009 No. 338
S.R. 1996 No. 198; the definition of “benefit week” was substituted by regulation 3 of S.R. 2009 No. 107, other relevant amending Rules are S.R. 1997 No. 130, S.R. 1998 No. 81, S.R. 1999 No. 428 (C. 32), S.R. 2000 Nos. 350 and 367, S.R. 2001 No. 29, S.R. 2003 Nos. 195 and 338, S.R. 2005 No. 536, S.R. 2007 No. 154, S.R. 2008 Nos. 286, 406, 428, and 503, S.R. 2009 No. 338 and S.R. 2010 Nos. 103 and 347
S.R. 2008 No. 280; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 2009 Nos. 92 and 338, S.R. 2010 Nos. 200, 311 and 347
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