Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) (Transitional and Savings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 2nd July 2001.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000;
“the Decisions and Appeals Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(1);
“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2);
“panel member” means a person appointed to a panel constituted under Article 7 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(3);
“person affected” has the meaning as in regulation 3 of the Decisions and Appeals Regulations (person treated as a person affected by a decision);
“relevant authority” has the meaning as in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 7 to the Act;
“relevant date” means 2nd July 2001;
“Review Board” shall, notwithstanding the revocation of regulation 81(3) of the Housing Benefit Regulations(4) (further review of determinations), be construed in accordance with that provision;
“the Work-focused Interviews Regulations” means the Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(5).
S.R. 1987 No. 461; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1992 No. 141, S.R. 1993 No. 218, S.R. 1994 No. 335, S.R. 1995 No. 89, S.R. 1996 No. 334, S.R. 1997 No. 452, S.R. 1999 No. 472 (C. 36) and S.R. 2001 No. 176
S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)
Regulation 81(3) was amended by paragraph 5(a) of Schedule 2 to S.R. 2001 No. 176
S.R. 2001 No. 176; the Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 apply to unemployed persons under the age of 60 living in an area identified in Schedule 1 to those Regulations who make a claim for income support, housing benefit or incapacity benefit