Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 6) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 and, subject to paragraph (2), shall come into operation on 1st November 2010.
(2) Regulations 2(3), 3 and 4(5), so far as they relate to a particular beneficiary come in to operation on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that beneficiary on or after 1st November 2010.
(3) In this regulation “benefit week” has the same meaning as in—
(a)regulation 2(1)(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2);
(b)regulation 1(2)(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(4); and
(c)regulation 2(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(5).
(4) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(6) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
The definition of “benefit week” was amended by regulation 2(a) of S.R. 1988 No. 318
S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1988 No. 318, S.R. 1996 No. 199, S.R. 2002 No. 332, S.R. 2003 No. 195 and S.R. 2009 No. 418
The definition of “benefit week” was substituted by regulation 3 of S.R. 2009 No. 107
S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant Regulations are S.R. 2000 No. 350, S.R. 2003 No. 195 and S.R. 2009 No. 107
S.R. 2008 No. 280; relevant amending Regulation is S.R. 2008 No. 338