Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(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) 1987(1).
(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(2) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
S.R. 1987 No. 461; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1996 Nos. 111, 115, 181 and 334, S.R. 1997 No. 170, S.R. 1998 No. 81 and S.R. 1999 Nos. 372 and 416