1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation –
(a)for the purposes of this Part and Parts II, III and VI on 7th April 2003;
(b)for all other purposes on 6th October 2003.
(3) In these Regulations –
“the Act” means the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002;
“the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;
“the 1998 Order” means the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;
“the appointed day” means the day appointed under section 13(3) of the Act;
“the Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1);
“the Decisions and Appeals Regulations” means the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999(2);
“the State Pension Credit Regulations” means the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.
(4) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(3) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
S.R. 1987 No. 465; relevant amending rules are S.R. 1988 Nos. 141 and 369, S.R. 1989 No. 398, S.R. 1990 No. 398, S.R. 1991 No. 488, S.R. 1992 Nos. 7, 271 and 453, S.R. 1993 Nos. 146 and 149, S.R. 1994 Nos. 345 and 456, S.R. 1995 Nos. 301 and 367, S.R. 1996 Nos. 354 and 432, S.R. 1997 Nos. 165 and 435, S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), S.R. 1999 Nos. 428 (C. 32) and 472(C. 36), S.R. 2000 No. 215, S.R. 2001 Nos. 22, 78, 108 and 175 and S.R. 2002 No. 132
S.R. 1999 No. 162; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1999 Nos. 267, 408 and 472, S.R. 2000 Nos. 215 and 365, S.R. 2001 Nos. 23 and 176 and S.R. 2002 Nos. 67 and 80