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.