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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.