Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation –
(a)for the purposes of this regulation and regulation 2, on 5th October 2003;
(b)for all other purposes on 6th October 2003.
(2) In these Regulations –
“the Decisions and Appeals Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(1);
“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2);
“the State Pension Credit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(3);
(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(4) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
S.R. 2001 No. 213; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2002 No. 80 and S.R. 2003 No. 224
S.R. 1987 No. 461; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1996 No. 334, S.R. 2000 No. 369 and S.R. 2002 No. 295