The Social Security (Students and Income-Related Benefits Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Students and Income-Related Benefits Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation—

(a) for the purposes of this regulation and regulations 2 and 5, on 1st August 2001;

(b) for the purposes of regulations 3, 4 and 6 in so far as those regulations relate to income support and jobseeker’s allowance—

(i) in a case of a student whose period of study begins on or after 1st August 2001 but before 27th August 2001, on the day the period of study begins;

(ii) in any other case, on 27th August 2001;

(c) for the purposes of regulations 3, 4 and 6 (in so far as those regulations relate to housing benefit) and regulation 7—

(i) in a case of a student whose period of study begins on or after 1st August 2001 but before 27th August 2001, on the first Monday of that period;

(ii) in any other case, on 27th August 2001.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1);

“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2);

“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(3).

(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(4) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

(1)

S.R. 1987 No. 461; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1990 No. 297, S.R. 1991 No. 47, S.R. 1996 No. 405, S.R. 1998 No. 81, S.R. 1999 No. 317 and S.R. 2000 Nos. 241 and 242

(2)

S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1988 No. 146, S.R. 1990 No. 297, S.R. 1991 No. 46, S.R. 1996 No. 405, S.R. 1997 No. 412, S.R. 1998 No. 81, S.R. 1999 No. 317 and S.R. 2000 Nos. 241 and 242

(3)

S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1997 No. 130, S.R. 1998 No. 81, S.R. 1999 No. 317 and S.R. 2000 Nos. 241 and 242

(4)

1954 c. 33 (N.I.)