These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Child Maintenance Amendments) Regulations 2008 and, subject to paragraph (2) and (3), shall come into force on 27th October 2008 .

In so far as they relate to a particular beneficiary, these Regulations shall come into force on the first day of the benefit week for that beneficiary that includes 27th October 2008.

Regulations 2(8) and 3(8) shall come into force immediately after regulation 4 has come into force.

In this regulation—

• “benefit week” has the same meaning as in—

  1. a

     regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 19874, so far as it relates to regulation 2, and

  2. b

     regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 19965, so far as it relates to regulation 3.