1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall, subject to paragraph (2), come into operation—
(a)for the purpose of this regulation on 1st April 2000;
(b)for the purposes of regulations 4(4), 5, 7 and 8—
(i)in a 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 the remainder of these Regulations, on 3rd April 2000.
(2) Regulation 8 shall come into operation immediately before the coming into operation of regulation 8 of the Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999(1).
(3) In these Regulations—
“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2);
“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(3);
“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(4).
(4) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(5) 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. 1990 Nos. 136 and 345, S.R. 1991 No. 337, S.R. 1992 No. 6, S.R. 1994 No. 274, S.R. 1996 No. 93, S.R. 1997 No. 376 and S.R. 1999 Nos. 298 and 416
S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1988 Nos. 146 and 318, S.R. 1989 Nos. 365 and 395, S.R. 1990 No. 346, S.R. 1991 No. 338, S.R. 1992 Nos. 6, 147 and 403, S.R. 1993 Nos. 149, 165 and 373, S.R. 1996 No. 199, S.R. 1998 Nos. 81, 146 and 431 and S.R. 1999 No. 381
S.R. 1996 No. 198; to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations