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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 25th August 2000.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
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In regulation 2B of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (cases in which section 1(1A) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 is disapplied)—
(a) in paragraph (a) “or” shall be omitted;
(b) after paragraph (b) there shall be added the following—“; or
(c) to a claim for a further grant of housing benefit made before 5th September 2000 under regulation 72(11) to (13) (time and manner in which claims are to be made).”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on
John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development
1st August 2000.The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on
Brian Delaney
Senior Officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel
2nd August 2000.