SOCIAL SECURITY; HOUSING; RATES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation for the purposes of – a this regulation and regulations 6 to 10(1), on 21st May 2003; b regulation 2 – i in so far as it relates to a particular beneficiary other than a beneficiary in receipt of incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance, on 21st May 2003 if it is his appropriate pay day or, if not, on his appropriate pay day next following 21st May 2003, and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph “appropriate pay day” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 22(3) of, and Schedule 6 to, the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 , and ii in so far as it relates to a particular beneficiary in receipt of incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance, on 21st May 2003; c regulations 3 and 10(2), in so far as they relate to a beneficiary paid in advance, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that beneficiary on or after 21st May 2003, but otherwise on the first day of the benefit week which includes that date, and for the purpose of this paragraph “benefit week” has the same meaning as in the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ; d regulation 4(1) and (3) to (5), on 26th May 2003; e regulation 4(2), on 6th October 2003; and f regulation 5, in so far as it relates to a beneficiary paid in advance, on the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that beneficiary on or after 21st May 2003, but otherwise on the first day of the benefit week which includes that date, and for the purpose of this paragraph “benefit week” has the same meaning as in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 . Amendment of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 3 1 The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5). 2 In regulation 2(1A)(a) (interpretation) for “6 weeks” there shall be substituted “52 weeks”. 3 In paragraph 13A(2)(b)(ii) and (c) of Schedule 2 (applicable amounts) for “six weeks” there shall be substituted “52 weeks”. 4 In paragraph 18(7)(g) of Schedule 3 (housing costs) for “6 weeks”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted “52 weeks”. 5 In Schedule 7 (applicable amounts in special cases) – a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b in paragraph 13 (persons in residential accommodation) – i in sub-paragraph (1) the words “Subject to sub-paragraph (2),”, and ii sub-paragraph (2), shall be omitted. Amendment of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 5 1 The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6). 2 In regulation 1(2F)(a) (interpretation) for “6 weeks” there shall be substituted “52 weeks”. 3 In paragraphs 15A(2)(b)(ii) and (c) and 20IA(2) of Schedule 1 (applicable amounts) for “six weeks” there shall be substituted “52 weeks”. 4 In paragraph 17(7)(g) of Schedule 2 (housing costs) for “6 weeks”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted “52 weeks”. 5 In Schedule 4 (applicable amounts in special cases) – a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b in paragraph 15 (persons in residential accommodation) – i in sub-paragraph (1) the words “Subject to sub-paragraph (2),”, and ii sub-paragraph (2), shall be omitted. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations 7 1 The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 2 In paragraph 14(7)(e) of Schedule 2 (housing costs) for “13 weeks”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted “52 weeks”. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 8 In regulation 34 of the State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (persons entitled to income support immediately before the appointed day) paragraphs (15) to (19) shall be omitted. Amendment of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocations 10 1 The regulations specified in column (1) of the Schedule are revoked to the extent mentioned in column (3). 2 Regulation 19(k)(ii) of the Income Support (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990 is hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 1st May 2003. D. A. Baker Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to regulation 4 of the foregoing Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 1st May 2003. A. L. Brown Senior Officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel