The Child Benefit, Child Support and Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Child Benefit, Child Support and Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force—

(a) for the purposes of regulations 1, 22 to 28, 30 and 35(b), on 1st April 1997;

(b) for the purposes of regulations 2 to 21 and 37 to 49, on 7th April 1997;

(c) for the purposes of regulations 29, 31 to 35(a) and 36—

(i) in any case where rent is payable at intervals of one month or any other interval which is not a week or a multiple thereof, on 1st April 1997, and

(ii) in any other case, on 7th April 1997.

(2) Regulations 37 to 41 of these Regulations shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant at the beginning of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 7th April 1997 which applies in his case and for the purpose of this paragraph, “benefit week” and “claimant” have the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations.

(3) Regulations 42 to 46 of these Regulations shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant at the beginning of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 7th April 1997 which applies in his case and for the purpose of this paragraph, “benefit week” has the same meaning as in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations(1).

(4) In these Regulations—

“the Adjudication Regulations” means the Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1995(2);

“the Child Benefit Regulations” means the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 1976(3);

“the Child Benefit Rates Regulations” means the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Regulations 1976(4);

“the Child Support Maintenance Assessments Regulations” means the Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations 1992(5);

“the Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987(6);

“the Council Tax Benefit Regulations” means the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992(7);

“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987(8);

“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(9);

“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(10);

“the Overlapping Benefits Regulations” means the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979(11).

(1)

The definition of “benefit week” in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations is amended by S.I. 1988/1445.

(2)

S.I. 1995/1801.

(3)

S.I. 1976/965.

(4)

S.I. 1976/1267.

(5)

S.I. 1992/1815.

(6)

S.I. 1987/1968.

(7)

S.I. 1992/1814.

(8)

S.I. 1987/1971.

(9)

S.I. 1987/1967.

(10)

S.I. 1996/207.

(11)

S.I. 1979/597.