Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 3rd April 2000.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
(3) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999;
“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;
“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2);
“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(3);
“the Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(4);
“the Persons from Abroad Regulations” means the Social Security (Persons from Abroad) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(5);
“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(6).
S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1988 No. 146, 1993 No. 373, 1994 No. 266 and 1996 No. 449
S.R. 1987 No. 461; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1993 No. 145, S.R. 1994 No. 266, S.R. 1996 Nos. 11, 405 and 448 and S.R. 1998 No. 81
S.R. 1987 No. 465; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1996 No. 449
S.R. 1996 No.11; relevant amending rules are S.R. 1999 No. 371 (C. 28)
S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1996 Nos. 356 and 358 and S.R. 1999 No. 428