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(1) These regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 and shall come into operation on 13th April 1995.
(2) In these regulations—
“the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1);
“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.
(3) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these regulations to—
(a)a numbered section or Schedule is to the section of or, as the case may be, the Schedule to, the Contributions and Benefits Act bearing that number;
(b)a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these regulations and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph or sub-paragraph is a reference to the paragraph or sub-paragraph of that regulation bearing that number.