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Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 6th March 2006.

(2) In these Regulations—

the Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

the 1987 Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 M1;

the 1992 Regulations” means the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 M2;

Council Tax Benefit Regulations” means the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006 M3;

the Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations” means the Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 M4;

the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 M5;

the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 M6;

the consolidating Regulations” means the Council Tax Benefit Regulations, the Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations, the Housing Benefit Regulations and the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations.