Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Child Benefit Consequential) Regulations 1977 and shall come into operation on 4th April 1977.

(2) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Act” means the Social Security Act 1975;

“the Child Benefit Act” means the Child Benefit Act 1975;

“child benefit” means benefit under Part I of the Child Benefit Act;

“parent” has the meaning assigned to it by section 24(3) of the Child Benefit Act,

and other expressions have the same meanings as in the Act.

(3) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these regulations to—

(a) a numbered section is a reference to the section of the Act bearing that number;

(b) 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;

(c) 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.

(4) 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, the regulations revoked by it and any regulations revoked by the regulations so revoked were Acts of Parliament, and as if each revocation were a repeal.