The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and subject to paragraphs (2) to (5) shall come into operation on 26th October 2009.

(2) The following provisions shall come into operation, in so far as they relate to a particular claimant, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 26th October 2009—

(a)regulation 2(2), (6), (8), (15) and (16)(a) to (c);

(b)regulation 4(2), (6), (8), (14) and (15)(a) to (d);

(c)regulation 5; and

(d)regulation 8(2), (6), (8) to (10), (17) and (18)(a) to (c).

(3) Regulation 6(2) to (6)(c) and 7 come into operation on 2nd November 2009.

(4) Regulation 6(6)(d) comes into operation—

(a)in relation to any case where rent is payable at intervals of a week or any multiple of whole weeks, on 5th April 2010; and

(b)in any other case on 1st April 2010.

(5) The following provisions come into operation, in so far as they relate to a particular claimant, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 12th April 2010—

(a)regulation 2(4), (5), (9) to (11), (14)(b) and (16)(d);

(b)regulation 4(4), (5), (9) to (11), (13) and (15)(e); and

(c)regulation 8(4), (5), (11) to (13), (16)(b) and (18)(d).

(6) In this regulation “benefit week” has the same meaning as in—

(a)regulation 2(1)(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2), in so far as it relates to regulations 2(4) to (6), (8), (9) to (11), (14)(b), (15) and (16);

(b)regulation 1(2)(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(4), in so far as it relates to regulations 4(4) to (6), (8) to (11) and (13) to (15);

(c)regulation 1(2) of the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(5), in so far as it relates to regulation 5; and

(d)regulation 2(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(6) in so far as it relates to regulations 8(2), (4) to (6), (8) to (13), (16)(b), (17) and (18).

(7) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(7) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.