Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2004.

(2)

These Regulations shall come into force for the purposes of—

(a)

regulations 1 to 6 and 12, on 1st April 2004;

(b)

regulation 7, on 5th April 2004;

(c)

regulations 9 and 10, on 6th April 2004;

(d)

regulation 8, on 12th April 2004; and

(e)

regulation 11, in so far as it relates to a claimant for income support or, as the case may be, a jobseeker’s allowance, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 12th April 2004.

(3)

In paragraph (2)(e) “benefit week” has the same meaning as in—

(a)

the Income Support (General) Regulations 19878, in so far as that paragraph relates to a claimant for income support; and

(b)

the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 19969, in so far as that paragraph relates to a claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance.