1.—(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.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 1 in operation at 28.11.2016, see reg. 1(2)(a)