SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and effect 1 1 These Regulations shall be cited as the Social Security (Lebanon) Amendment Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 25th July 2006. 2 These Regulations shall cease to have effect on 31st January 2007; and the following regulations shall have effect on and after that date as if the amendments made to them by these Regulations had not been made— a the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 ; b the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 ; c the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 ; d the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 ; e the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 ; f the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006 ; and g the Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 . Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 2 1 Regulation 21AA of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (special cases: supplemental – persons from abroad) is amended as follows. 2 At the end of paragraph (4)(i), omit “or”. 3 At the end of paragraph (4)(j), insert “; or” and the following sub-paragraph— k a person in Great Britain who left Lebanon on or after 12th July 2006 because of the armed conflict there. . Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 3 1 Regulation 85A of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (special cases: supplemental – persons from abroad) is amended as follows. 2 At the end of paragraph (4)(i), omit “or”. 3 At the end of paragraph (4)(j), insert “; or” and the following sub-paragraph— k a person in Great Britain who left Lebanon on or after 12th July 2006 because of the armed conflict there. . Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 4 1 Regulation 2 of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 (persons not in Great Britain) is amended as follows. 2 At the end of paragraph (4)(i), omit “or”. 3 At the end of paragraph (4)(j), insert “; or” and the following sub-paragraph— k a person in Great Britain who left Lebanon on or after 12th July 2006 because of the armed conflict there. . Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 5 1 Regulation 10 of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (persons from abroad) is amended as follows. 2 At the end of paragraph (3B)(j), omit “or”. 3 After paragraph (3B)(j) insert— jj a person in Great Britain who left Lebanon on or after 12th July 2006 because of the armed conflict there; or . Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 6 1 Regulation 10 of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 (persons from abroad) is amended as follows. 2 At the end of paragraph (4A)(j), omit “or”. 3 After paragraph (4A)(j) insert— jj a person in Great Britain who left Lebanon on or after 12th July 2006 because of the armed conflict there; or . Amendment of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006 7 1 Regulation 7 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006 (persons from abroad) is amended as follows. 2 At the end of paragraph (4A)(j), omit “or”. 3 After paragraph (4A)(j), insert— jj a person in Great Britain who left Lebanon on or after 12th July 2006 because of the armed conflict there; or . Amendment of the Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 8 1 Regulation 7 of the Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 (persons from abroad) is amended as follows. 2 At the end of paragraph (4A)(j), omit “or”. 3 After paragraph (4A)(j), insert— jj a person in Great Britain who left Lebanon on or after 12th July 2006 because of the armed conflict there; or . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. James Plaskitt Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions 24th July 2006