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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 7th October 2002.
(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 paragraph 6 of Schedule 1B to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (excluded tenancies) –
(a) in sub-paragraph (1) for “sub-paragraph (2)” there shall be substituted “sub-paragraphs (2) and (3)”, and
(b) after sub-paragraph (2) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph –“
(3) Where the disposal took place on or after the 7th October 2002, sub-paragraph (2) shall apply to a tenancy, to which sub-paragraph (1) refers, as if head (b) were omitted.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 10th September 2002.
John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development
