1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012.
(2) Regulations 7, 8 and 12 come into force—
(a)in relation to any case where rent is payable at intervals of a week or any multiple of a week, on 2nd April 2012;
(b)in relation to any other case, on 1st April 2012.
(3) Regulations 20(2) and 21 come into force on 1st May 2012.
(4) All other provisions of these Regulations come into force on 1st April 2012.
2. In these Regulations—
“the Council Tax Benefit Regulations” means the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006(1);
“the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008(2);
“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006(3);
“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(4).