HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income-Related Benefits (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation as follows— a for the purposes of this regulation and regulation 5(1) and (2)( a ) on 31st March 1997; b for the purposes of regulations 2 to 4 and 5(2)( b ) and (3) on 7th October 1997. 2 In relation to any particular claimant for either family credit or disability working allowance, regulations 2, 3 and 4 shall have effect, where a claimant has an award of either of those benefits— a which expires on 6th October 1997, on 7th October 1997; b which expires after 6th October 1997, on the day following the expiration of that award. 3 In these Regulations “the Family Credit Regulations ” means the Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 . 4 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Family credit: remunerative work 2 In regulation 4(4)( c )(ii)( bb ) of the Family Credit Regulations (remunerative work) after “the date of claim,” there shall be inserted “or he has, in the 5 weeks immediately preceding the week of claim, increased the number of hours that he works from below 16 hours to 16 hours or more per week,”. Family credit: determination of maximum credit 3 For the entries in column (2) of Schedule 4 to the Family Credit Regulations against paragraph 3 (maximum credits in respect of young persons) there shall be substituted the entry “£24·80.”. Disability working allowance: determination of maximum allowance 4 For paragraph 4 in column (2) of Schedule 5 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 (maximum allowances in respect of young persons) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 4 £24·80. . Amendment of the Income-Related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Personal Allowances for Children and Young Persons) (Amendment) Regulations 5 1 The Income-Related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Personal Allowances for Children and Young Persons) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 2 In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation)— a for paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs— 3 In so far as these Regulations amend provisions relating to housing benefit— a in any case to which paragraph (3A) applies, they shall come into operation on 1st April 1997, and b in any other case, they shall come into operation on 7th April 1997. 3A This paragraph applies in any case where— a rent is payable at intervals of one month or any other interval which is not a week or a multiple thereof, or b payments by way of rates are not made together with payments of rent at weekly intervals or multiples thereof. . b in paragraph (4) for the words from “which is current” to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted— — a which expires on 6th October 1997, on 7th October 1997; b which expires after 6th October 1997, on the day following the expiration of that award. . 3 In regulation 10(3) (transitional provisions) after “8 and 9” there shall be inserted “or regulation 3 or 4 of the Income-Related Benefits (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 ”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 13th March 1997. The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland hereby consents to regulation 5(1) and (2)( a ) of the foregoing Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland on R. E. Aiken Assistant Secretary 13th March 1997.