Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation as follows—
a
for the purposes of this regulation and regulations 2, 3, 9 and 10 on 3rd February 2000;
b
for the purposes of regulation 4—
i
in any case where rent is payable at intervals of a whole number of weeks, on 3rd April 2000, and
ii
in any other case, on 1st April 2000;
c
for the purposes of regulations 5, 6 and 7 on 3rd April 2000, and
d
for the purposes of regulation 8 on 1st April 2000.
2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19876.
3
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19547 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.