Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations come into operation on 25th January 2010.
(3) Regulations 2(1) and 3(2)(c) and (d) and (5)(a), so far as they relate to a particular beneficiary who is not a person falling within regulation 2(2), come into operation on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that beneficiary on or after 25th January 2010.
(4) In this regulation—
“benefit week”—
in relation to income support, has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1)(1) (interpretation) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2);
in relation to a jobseeker’s allowance, has the same meaning as in regulation 1(2)(3) (interpretation) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(4);
in relation to an employment and support allowance, has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(5);
“the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008;
“the Immigration and Asylum Regulations” means the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(6);
“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, and
“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.
(5) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(7) 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 Nos. 193, 274 and 318, S.R. 1989 No. 249, S.R. 1996 No. 199, S.R. 2000 Nos. 71 and 350, S.R. 2002 No. 132, S.R. 2003 Nos. 195 and 267 and S.R. 2006 No. 97
The definition of “benefit week” was amended by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 1996 No. 358, regulation 2(2)(a) of S.R. 1996 No. 503, regulation 13(2) of S.R. 2006 No. 359 and regulation 3 of S.R. 2009 No. 107
S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1996 Nos. 358 and 503, S.R. 2000 No. 350, S.R. 2002 No. 132, S.R. 2003 Nos. 195 and 267, S.R. 2006 No. 359 and S.R. 2009 No. 107
S.R. 2000 No. 71; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2003 No. 421 and S.R. 2008 No. 286