Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Students and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and, subject to paragraph (2), shall come into operation on 1st August 2009.
(2) Regulations 2 and 4(a) and (c) shall come into operation—
(a)in the case of a person whose period of study begins on or after 1 August 2009 but before 1st September 2009, on the day the period of study begins; and
(b)in any other case, on 1st September 2009.
(3) In these regulations—
“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1);
“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(2);
“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(3);
“the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(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. 459; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1990 No. 297, S.R. 1999 No. 317, S.R. 2001 No. 278, S.R. 2007 No. 298 and S.R. 2008 No. 262
S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1999 No. 317, S.R. 2001 No. 278, S.R. 2002 No. 222, S.R. 2007 No. 298 and S.R. 2008 Nos. 112, 262 and S.R. 2009 No. 89
S.R. 2006 No. 405; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2007 No. 298 and S.R. 2008 No. 262
S.R. 2008 No. 280; relevant amending Regulation is S.R. 2008. No. 413
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