Citation, commencement and interpretation E+W+S
1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 1976 and shall come into operation on 8th August 1976.
(2) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the Act” means the Child Benefit Act 1975;
“the Social Security Act” means the Social Security Act 1975 M1;
“the Taxes Act” means the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 M2,
“benefit” means child benefit under the Act;
“the Department” means the Department of Health and Social Security;
“full-time education” means full-time education by attendance at a recognised educational establishment,
and other expressions have the same meanings as in the Act.
(3) References in these regulations to any condition being satisfied or any facts existing in a week shall, unless they relate to paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act (children in detention, care etc.) be construed as references to the condition being satisfied or the facts existing at the beginning of that week.
(4) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these regulations to—
(a)a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these regulations and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number;
(b)any provision made by or contained in any enactment or instrument shall be construed as a reference to that provision as amended or extended by any enactment or instrument and as including a reference to any provision which may re-enact or replace it, with or without modification.
(5) The rules for the construction of Acts of Parliament contained in the Interpretation Act 1889 M3 shall apply for the purposes of the interpretation of these regulations as they apply for the purposes of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.