Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 20th May 2002.

2

In these Regulations—

a

“the Housing Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations” means the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2001 M1; and

b

unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a numbered regulation, paragraph or Schedule is a reference to the regulation, paragraph or Schedule bearing that number in the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 M2.