Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Claims and Payments and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force—

a

for the purposes of this regulation, regulations 6 to 8 and 11 to 15 on 23rd October 2002;

b

for the purposes of regulation 4 immediately before 1st April 2003; and

c

for all other purposes on 8th April 2003.

2

In these Regulations, except as otherwise stated, a reference to a numbered regulation, paragraph or Schedule is a reference to the regulation, paragraph or Schedule bearing that number in the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 19873.