The Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 1991

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 1991 and shall, subject to paragraph (2), come into force on 6th April 1992.

(2) Regulation 11 shall come into force in relation to a particular claimant at the beginning of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after the date specified in paragraph (1); and for this purpose the expressions “claimant” and “benefit week” have the same meanings as in the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(1).

(3) In these Regulations–

“the Adoption Allowance Regulations” means the Adoption Allowance Regulations 1991(2);

“the Community Charge Benefits Regulations” means the Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 1989(3);

“the Family Credit Regulations” means the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987(4);

“the General Benefits Regulations” means the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982(5);

“the Home Responsibilities Regulations” means the Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1978(6);

“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regula tions 1987(7);

“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regula tions 1987(8)

“the Invalid Care Allowance Regulations” means the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976(9);

“the Overlapping Benefits Regulations” means the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979(10);

“the Payments on Account, Overpayments and Recovery Regulations” means the Social Security (Payments on Account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988(11);

“the Persons Abroad Regulations” means the Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations 1975(12);

“the Recoupment Regulations” means the Social Security (Recoupment) Regula tions 1990(13);

“the Severe Disablement Allowance Regulations” means the Social Security (Severe Disablement Allowance) Regulations 1984(14);

“the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses Regulations” means the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 1987(15);

“the Social Fund Recovery by Deductions from Benefits Regulations” means the Social Fund (Recovery by Deductions from Benefits) Regulations 1988(16);

“the Social Security Commissioners Order” means the Tribunal and Inquiries (Social Security Commissioners) Order 1980(17);

“the Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions Regulations” means the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979(18).

(1)

S.I. 1987/1967; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1988/1445.

(2)

S.I. 1991/2030.

(3)

S.I. 1989/1321; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/834 and 1773 and 1991/1599.

(4)

S.I. 1987/1973.

(5)

S.I. 1982/1408; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1983/186, 1984/1303 and 1986/1561.

(6)

S.I. 1978/508; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1988/623.

(7)

S.I. 1987/1971; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/1971, 1989/416, 1990/546 and 1775 and 1991/1599.

(8)

S.I. 1987/1967; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663, 1989/534, 1990/547 and 1776 and 1991/236 and 1559.

(9)

S.I. 1976/409.

(10)

S.I. 1979/597.

(11)

S.I. 1988/644; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/688 and 725 and 1989/136.

(12)

S.I. 1975/563; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1975/1753.

(13)

S.I. 1990/322; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1991/694.

(14)

S.I. 1984/1303.

(15)

S.I. 1987/481; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/136 and 1989/379.

(16)

S.I. 1988/35.

(17)

S.I. 1980/1637.

(18)

S.I. 1979/642.