Housing; Rates; Social Security Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Students and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and, subject to paragraph (2), shall come into operation on 1st August 2009. 2 Regulations 2 and 4(a) and (c) shall come into operation— a in the case of a person whose period of study begins on or after 1 August 2009 but before 1st September 2009, on the day the period of study begins; and b in any other case, on 1st September 2009. 3 In these regulations— “the Income Support Regulations ” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ; “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations ” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 ; “the Housing Benefit Regulations ” means the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 ; “the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations ” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 ; “period of study” for the purposes of paragraph (2) has the same meaning as in regulation 61 of the Income Support Regulations. 4 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Amendments in relation to the calculation of grant income 2 1 In sub-paragraph (a) of each of the provisions specified in paragraph (3) for “£295” substitute “£303”. 2 In sub-paragraph (b) of each of the provisions specified in paragraph (3) for “£380” substitute “£390”. 3 The provisions specified for the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) (which relate respectively to sums to be disregarded from the calculation of grant income and from student loans) are— a regulations 62(2A) and 66A(5) of the Income Support Regulations; b regulations 131(3) and 136(5) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations; c regulations 56(3) and 61(5)(b) of the Housing Benefit Regulations; and d regulations 132(3) and 137(6) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations. Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 3 In column 1 of paragraph 1(3)(f) of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (applicable amounts)— a at the end of sub-paragraph (ii) for “and” substitute “or”; and b for sub-paragraph (iii) substitute— iii satisfies requirements for entitlement to income support or would do so if he were not a member of a couple other than the requirement to make a claim for it; or iv satisfies requirements for entitlement to an income-related employment and support allowance other than the requirement to make a claim for it; . Revocations 4 The following regulations are revoked— a regulations 2(3) and (4), 4(3) and (4) and 5(3) and (4) of the Social Security (Students and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 ; b regulation 19(24)(b) of the Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 ; and c regulation 3(23) and (24) of the Employment and Support Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 7th July 2009 (L.S.) Anne McCleary A senior officer of the Department for Social Development The Department of Finance and Personnel consents to regulation 2(1), (2) and (3)(c). Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 8th July 2009 (L.S.) Adrian Arbuthnot A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel