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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Employment and Support Allowance and the Housing Benefit (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and come into operation on 4th April 2020.
(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 21(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions and Housing Benefit) (Existing Awards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (termination of transitional addition)—
(a) at the end of paragraph (a) insert “and”;
(b) at the end of paragraph (b) omit “and”; and
(c) omit paragraph (c).
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In Part VII of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (applicable amounts: transitional addition)—
(a) omit paragraph 27(2)(e);
(b) in paragraph 28—
(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(b) omit “but before 5th April 2020”, and
(ii) omit sub-paragraph (3)(e); and
(c) in paragraph 29—
(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(b) omit “but before 5th April 2020”, and
(ii) omit sub-paragraph (3)(e).
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 25th March 2020
(L.S.)Anne McCleary
A senior officer of the Department for Communities
The Department of Finance hereby consents to the foregoing regulations.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 25th March 2020
(L.S.)Emer Morelli
A senior officer of the Department of Finance
