1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 21st May 2001.
(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 Rules are S.R. 1988 No. 314, S.R. 1990 No. 345, S.R. 1991 Nos. 47 and 337, S.R. 1992 No. 549, S.R. 1993 No. 145, S.R. 1994 No. 137, S.R. 1996 Nos. 111 and 181, S.R. 1997 Nos. 22, 170 and 377, S.R. 1998 No. 455, S.R. 1999 No. 416 and S.R. 2000 Nos. 1, 38 and 265