1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1977 and shall come into operation on 3rd October 1977.
(2) Each provision of these regulations which amends other regulations shall be construed as one with the regulations which it amends.
(3) The rules for the construction of Acts of Parliament contained in the Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply in relation to this instrument and in relation to any revocation effected by it as if this instrument and the regulations revoked by it were Acts of Parliament, and as if each revocation were a repeal.