The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2001

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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force—

(a)for the purposes of this regulation and regulation 2 (in so far as it relates to council tax benefit), regulation 6(a) and, subject to paragraph (2) below, regulation 5, on 1st April 2001;

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(c)for all other purposes, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) below, on 9th April 2001.

(2) Regulation 5 below shall come into force immediately before the coming into force of regulation 1 of the Social Security Amendment (Enhanced Disability Premium) Regulations 2000 M1.

(3) Regulations 3 and 6(c) of these Regulations shall, in relation to any particular claimant for income support, have effect from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 9th April 2001 and in this paragraph, the expressions “benefit week” and “claimant” shall have the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations M2.

(4) Regulation 6(d) of these Regulations shall, in relation to any particular claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance, have effect from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 9th April 2001 and in this paragraph, the expression “benefit week” shall have the same meaning as in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations M3.

(5) In these Regulations—

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  • “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 M4;

  • “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 M5.

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

M2The definition of “benefit week” was amended by S.I. 1988/1445.

M3The definition of “benefit week” was amended by S.I. 1996/1517 and 2538.