Citation, commencement and interpretationE+W+S

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1991 and shall, subject to paragraph (2) below, come into force as follows—

(a)regulations 1, 2, 10 to 12, 14 and 15(e), on 5th August 1991;

(b)regulations 15(a) to (c), 16 and 17, on 1st October 1991;

(c)regulations 4, 6 to 9, 13, 15(d), 18 to 21 and regulations 22 to 24 only insofar as they relate to regulations 4 and 13(b), on 7th October 1991;

(d)regulations 3 and 5 and regulations 22 to 24 only insofar as they relate to regulation 3, on 7th April 1992.

(2) These Regulations shall not apply in relation to a particular claimant until the beginning of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after the date specified in paragraph (1); and for this purpose the expressions “claimant” and “benefit week” have the same meanings as in the General Regulations.

(3) In these Regulations “the General Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 M1.