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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 8th July 1996.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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In regulation 10A(1) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (determinations) for “Subject to paragraph (2), where in respect of a claim for rent allowance the Executive is determining a rent in respect of the tenancy of a dwelling it shall —” there shall be substituted “Subject to paragraph (3), in respect of a claim for rent allowance the Executive shall —”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on .
W. G. Purdy
Assistant Secretary
3rd June 1996The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland on .
R. E. Aiken
Assistant Secretary
4th June 1996