9In regulation 5 of the 1996 Regulations (amendment of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations)—
(a)paragraph (a) so far as relating to the sub-paragraph added to regulation 7A(4) of the [S.R. (N.I.) 1987 No. 461.] Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 as sub-paragraph (g);
(b)paragraph (b) so far as relating to sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of the paragraph substituted for regulation 7A(5) of those Regulations; and
(c)paragraph (c),
shall have effect as if the 1996 Regulations had been made, and had come into operation, on the day on which this Act is passed.