The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1992

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force as follows—

(a) regulation 1, and regulation 2 only insofar as it relates to any case where rent is payable at intervals of one month or any other interval which is not a week or a multiple of a week, on 1st April 1992 immediately after the coming into force of article 16(4) and (5) of the Up-rating Order;

(b) regulation 2, except in a case to which sub-paragraph (a) above relates, on 6th April 1992;

(c) regulation 3, subject to sub-paragraph (d) below, on 6th April 1992 immediately after the coming into force of article 13(6) and (7) of the Up-rating Order;

(d) regulation 3 shall come into force in relation to any particular claimant at the beginning of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after the date specified in sub-paragraph (c) above; and for this purpose, the expressions “claimant” and “benefit week” have the same meaning as in the Income Support Regulations.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987(1);

“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(2);

“the Up-rating Order” means the Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No.2) Order 1991(3).

(1)

S.I.1987/1971; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/546 and 1775 and S.I. 1991/503.

(2)

S.I. 1987/1967; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1991/547 and 1776 and S.I. 1991/503 and 2334.

(3)

S.I. 1991/2910.