The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2009

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.4) Regulations 2009 and, subject to paragraphs (2) to (6), come into force on 26th October 2009.

(2) The following provisions come into force, in so far as they relate to a particular claimant, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 26th October 2009—

(a) regulation 2(2), (7), (9), (16) and (17)(a) to (c),

(b) regulation 4(2), (6), (8), (14) and (15)(a) to (d),

(c) regulation 5, and

(d) regulation 11(2), (6), (8) to (10), (18) and (19)(a) to (c).

(3) The following provisions come into force on 2nd November 2009—

(a) regulation 6(2) to (6)(c),

(b) regulation 7,

(c) regulation 8(2) to (6)(c), and

(d) regulation 9.

(4) Regulation 6(6)(d) comes into force—

(a) in relation to any case where rent is payable at intervals of a week or any multiple of whole weeks, on 5th April 2010, and

(b) in any other case on 1st April 2010.

(5) Regulation 8(6)(d) comes into force on 1st April 2010.

(6) The following provisions come into force, in so far as they relate to a particular claimant, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 12th April 2010—

(a) regulation 2(5), (6), (10) to (12), (15)(b) and (17)(d),

(b) regulation 4(4), (5), (9) to (11), (13) and (15)(e), and

(c) regulation 11(4), (5), (11) to (13), (17)(b) and (19)(d).

(7) In this regulation “benefit week” has the same meaning as in—

(a) regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(1), so far as it relates to regulation 2(5) to (7), (9) to (12), (15)(b), (16) and (17);

(b) regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(2), so far as it relates to regulation 4(4) to (6), (8) to (11) and (13) to (15);

(c) regulation 1(2) of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002(3), so far as it relates to regulation 5;

(d) regulation 2(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008(4), so far as it relates to regulation 11(2)(b), (4) to (6), (8) to (13), (16)(b), (17) and (18).

(1)

S.I. 1987/1967. The definition of “benefit week” was amended by S.I. 1988/1445.

(2)

S.I. 1996/207. The definition of “benefit week” was substituted by S.I. 2009/604.

(3)

S.I. 2002/1792.

(4)

S.I. 2008/794.