1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), come into operation on 27th October 2008.
(2) Regulation 128(6)(a) and paragraph 15(2) of Schedule 6, so far as they apply to a maintenance calculation, in relation to a particular case shall come into operation on the day on which paragraph 12(e) of Schedule 3 to the 2000 Act comes into operation for the purposes of that type of case.
(3) Regulation 82 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 8, so far as they apply to additional statutory paternity pay, shall come into operation on the day on which regulations made under or by virtue of sections 167ZEA to 167ZEE of the Contributions and Benefits Act(1) come into operation.
Sections 167ZEA to 167ZEE are inserted by Articles 8 to 12 of the Work and Families (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1947 (N.I. 16))