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1Citation, commencement and interpretation#
(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.
2Amendment of regulation 7A of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations#
In regulation 7A(5) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (persons from abroad) after sub-paragraph (e) there shall be added—“orf 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.”
3Amendment of regulation 21 of the Income Support (General) Regulations#
(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.”
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