1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 2000 and shall come into force–
(a)for the purposes of this regulation and regulations 2 to 4 and 11 on 3rd February 2000;
(b)for the purposes of regulation 5–
(i)in any case where rent is payable at intervals of a whole number of weeks, on 3rd April 2000; and
(ii)in any other case, on 1st April 2000;
(c)for the purposes of regulation 6 to 10 on 3rd April 2000; and
(d)for the purposes of regulation 12 on 1st April 2000.
(2) In these Regulations–
“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987(1);
“the Council Tax Benefit Regulations” means the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992(2).