1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force—
(a)for the purposes of regulation 2, on 5th October 2003; and
(b)for all other purposes, on 6th October 2003.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Council Tax Benefit Regulations” means the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992(1);
“the Decisions and Appeals Regulations” means the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2001(2);
“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987(3); and
“the State Pension Credit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations 2003(4).