The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and, subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), shall come into operation on 6th April 2009.

(2) This regulation and regulation 3 shall come into operation on 1st April 2009.

(3) Regulations 2(5) and (12), 4(5) and (11)(b), 5(2), (3) and (4), 6(4) and (11), 7(3), (4) and (7) and 8(3)(b) and (8), in so far as they relate to a particular beneficiary, shall come into operation on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that beneficiary on or after 6th April 2009.

(4) Regulations 6(2)(b) and (9)(a) and (b) and 7(6) in so far as they relate to a particular beneficiary, shall come into operation—

(a)in relation to a case where rent is payable at intervals of a week or any multiple of a week, on 6th April 2009; and

(b)in relation to any other case, on 1st April 2009,

immediately after Article 19(5) of, and Schedule 6 to, and Article 19(7) of, and Schedule 7 to, the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2009(1) comes into operation.

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

(a)regulation 2(1)(2) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(3), in so far as it relates to regulation 2(5) and (12);

(b)regulation 1(2)(4) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(5), in so far as it relates to regulation 4(5) and (11)(b);

(c)regulation 1(2) of the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(6), in so far as it relates to regulation 5(2), (3) and (4);

(d)regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(7), in so far as it relates to regulation 6(4) and (11);

(e)regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(8), in so far as it relates to regulation 7(3), (4) and (7);

(f)regulation 2(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(9), in so far as it relates to regulation 8(3)(b) and (8).

(6) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(10) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.