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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Disability Working Allowance and Income Support (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 and shall come into operation—
(a)for the purposes of this regulation and regulation 3(1), (3) and (4), on 11th April 1995;
(b)for the purposes of regulations 2, 3(2), 4, 5 and 6, on 13th April 1995.
(2) Regulation 3(3) and (4) shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant—
(a)except where sub-paragraph (b) applies, on 11th April 1995;
(b)where a claimant has an award of disability working allowance which is current on 10th April 1995, on the day following the expiration of that award.
(3) Regulations 3(2) and 6 shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant—
(a)except where sub-paragraph (b) applies, on 13th April 1995;
(b)where a claimant has an award of disability working allowance which is current on 12th April 1995, on the day following the expiration of that award.
(4) Regulations 2, 4 and 5 shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant at the beginning of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 13th April 1995 which applies in his case.
(5) In these Regulations—
“the Disability Working Allowance Regulations” means the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(1);
“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2);
“adjudication officer” means an adjudication officer appointed under section 36 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(3);
“benefit week” has the same meaning as in the Income Support Regulations;
“claimant” means a claimant for disability working allowance or, as the case may be, for income support.
(6) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(4) shall apply to these regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
S.R.. 1992 No. 78; to which there are amendments not relevant to these regulations
S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1988 No. 146, S.R. 1988 No. 318, S.R. 1988 No. 431, S.R. 1989 No. 395, S.R. 1990 No. 297, S.R. 1990 No. 387, S.R. 1991 No. 46, S.R. 1992 No. 6, S.R. 1994 No. 77 and S.R. 1994 No. 327
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