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    (2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954[7] shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations
     2.  - (1) The Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987[8] shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraph.

    (2) In regulation 68 (date on which change of circumstances is to take effect) -

(a) in paragraph (1)[9] -


(i) "either" shall be omitted,

(ii) for "paragraphs (2) to (8)" there shall be substituted "paragraphs (1A) to (8)".



(b) After paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph -

    " (1A) Where -


(a) the change of circumstances in question is -


(i) the commencement of entitlement to a working tax credit or a child tax credit under the Tax Credits Act 2002[10] on 6th April 2003, or

(ii) the end, on 7th April 2003, of a period for which an award of a working families' tax credit or a disabled person's tax credit is payable, and



(b) that change of circumstances would not, but for this paragraph, take effect on 7th April 2003,



that change of circumstances shall take effect on 7th April 2003.".

Amendment of the Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment) Regulations
     3. In regulation 3(3) of the Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003[11] (amendment of regulation 72 of the principal regulations) for "an income-based jobseeker's allowance" there shall be substituted "or an income-based jobseeker's allowance".



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on


21st March 2003.

L.S.

John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development


The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to these Regulations.



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on


24th March 2003.

L.S.

Rodney Scott
Senior Officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel

[2] 1992 c. 8back

[3] See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481back

[4] 2000 c. 4 (N.I.)back

[5] See section 171(6A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 as inserted by Article 3(3) of the Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1579 (N.I. 8)); see also Article 6(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481back

[6] See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992back

[7] 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)back

[8] S.R. 1987 No. 461; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1996 No. 334, S.R. 1999 No. 416, S.R. 2001 No. 215 and S.R. 2003 No. 80back

[9] Paragraph (1) was amended by regulation 6(a) of S.R. 1999 No. 416 and regulation 8(a)(i) of S.R. 2001 No. 215back

[10] 2002 c. 21back

[11] S.R. 2003 No. 80back

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