
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income-Related Benefits (Montserrat) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 28th August 1996.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
2 
In regulation 7A(5) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (persons from abroad) after sub-paragraph (e) there shall be added—“or
(f) is in Northern Ireland and who left the territory of Montserrat after 1st November 1995 because of the effect on that territory of a volcanic eruption.”.
3 

(1) Regulation 21 of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (special cases) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In paragraph (3) at the beginning there shall be inserted “Subject to paragraph (3D),”.
(3) After paragraph (3C) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“
(3D) In paragraph (3) “person from abroad” does not include any person in Northern Ireland who left the territory of Montserrat after 1st November 1995 because of the effect on that territory of a volcanic eruption.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on 12th August 1996.
W. G. Purdy
Assistant Secretary
The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland hereby consents to regulation 2 of the foregoing Regulations.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland on 12th August 1996.
J. MacQuarrie
Assistant Secretary
