1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Students and Income-related Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and, subject to paragraph (2), shall come into operation on 1st August 2005.
(2) Regulation 2 shall come into operation—
(a)in the case of a person whose period of study begins on or after 1st August 2005 but before 1st September 2005, on the day the period of study begins; and
(b)in any other case, on 1st September 2005.
(3) 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);
“the 2003 Regulations” means the Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(4);
“period of study”(5) for the purposes of paragraph (2) has the same meaning as in regulation 61 of the Income Support Regulations.
(4) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(6) 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 No. 297, S.R. 1999 No. 317, S.R. 2001 No. 278, S.R. 2002 No. 270, S.R. 2003 No. 329 and S.R. 2004 No. 300
S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1990 No. 297, S.R. 1999 No. 317, S.R. 2001 No. 278, S.R. 2002 No. 270, S.R. 2003 Nos. 195 and 329 and S.R. 2004 No. 300
S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1999 No. 317, S.R. 2001 No. 278, S.R. 2002 No. 270, S.R. 2003 Nos. 195 and 329 and S.R. 2004 No. 300
The definition of “period of study” was amended by regulation 8(b) of S.R. 1991 No. 338 and regulation 2(2)(c) of S.R. 2000 No. 242