PART 1General
Citation and commencementI11
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Payments on Account of Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016.
2
The following provisions come into operation on the day appointed for the coming into force of Article 76(1) of the 2015 Order—
a
this Part (except the provisions specified in paragraph (3)(a) and (b));
b
Part 2 (except the provisions specified in paragraph (3)(c) to (g));
c
Part 4.
3
The following provisions come into operation immediately after the coming into operation of the Universal Credit Regulations—
a
in regulation 2(1)—
i
paragraph (a) of the definition of “couple”, and
ii
the definitions of “the UC etc. Claims and Payments Regulations”, “universal credit” and “the Universal Credit Regulations”;
b
regulation 2(2) and (3)(b);
c
regulation 3(1)(a);
d
in regulation 3(2)—
i
paragraph (a) of the definition of “employment and support allowance”, and
ii
paragraph (a) of the definition of “jobseeker’s allowance”;
e
regulation 5(3)(b);
f
regulation 7(2);
g
regulation 8(2); and
h
Part 3.