Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Students and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009.
2
Subject to paragraph (3), these regulations shall come into force on 1st August 2009.
3
Regulation 2 shall come into force—
a
in the case of a person whose period of study begins on or after 1st August 2009 but before 1st September 2009, on the day the period of study begins; and
b
in any other case, on 1st September 2009.
4
In these Regulations—
“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 19876;
“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 19967;
“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit Regulations 20068;
“the Council Tax Benefit Regulations” means the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 20069;
“the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 200810;
“period of study” for the purposes of paragraph (3) has the same meaning as in regulation 61 of the Income Support Regulations.