Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 767

The Social Security (Norway) Order 1991

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1991 No. 767

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Norway) Order 1991

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 20th day of March 1991

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas at Oslo on the 19th June 1990 a Convention on social security between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway (hereinafter referred to as"the Convention" ) and a Protocol supplementary to the Convention (hereinafter referred to as"the Protocol" )^[1] were signed on behalf of those Governments:

And Whereas by Article 38 of the Convention it is provided that the Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the third month following the month in which the instruments of ratification are exchanged:

And Whereas by Article II of the Protocol it is provided that the Protocol shall form an integral part of the Convention:

And Whereas the Convention and the Protocol have been ratified by the said Governments and the instruments of ratification were exchanged on 31st January 1991 and, accordingly, the Convention and the Protocol enter into force on 1st April 1991:

And Whereas by section 143 of the Social Security Act 1975^[2] and section 15 of the Child Benefit Act 1975^[3] it is provided that Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for modifying or adapting the said Social Security Act and for modifying the provisions of Part I of the said Child Benefit Act and regulations made under it in their application to cases affected by agreements with other Governments providing for reciprocity in matters specified in those sections:

And Whereas by virtue of section 166(4) of the Social Security Act 1975 any Order in Council made under the said section 143 may be varied by a subsequent Order in Council made under that section:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of the said section 143, and the said section 15, and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows:—

Citation and commencement
    1.    This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Norway) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

Modification of the Social Security Act 1975
    2.    The Social Security Act 1975 shall be modified to such extent as may be required to give effect to the provisions contained in the Convention and the Protocol set out in the Schedule to this Order so far as the same relate to England, Wales and Scotland.

Modification of the Child Benefit Act 1975
    3.    Part I of the Child Benefit Act 1975 and any regulations made under it shall be modified to such extent as may be required to give effect to the provisions contained in the Convention and the Protocol set out in the Schedule to this Order so far as the same relate to England, Wales and Scotland.

Revocation and variation of Orders
    4.—(1)  The Family Allowances, National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Norway) Order 1958^[4] is hereby revoked.

    (2)  The reference to the said Order of 1958 shall be omitted in Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1976^[5] , in the Schedule to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1979^[6] and in the Schedule to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1988^[7] .

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

[1] See Cmnd. 1331. back

[2] 1975 c. 14; subsection (1) of section 143 was amended by section 20(1) of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977 (c.5) and section 65(2) of and Schedule 11 to the Social Security Act1986 (c. 50) . Subsection (1A) of section 143 was inserted by section 6(1) of the Social Security Act 1981 (c. 33). back

[3] 1975 c. 61; subsection (1A) of section 15 was inserted by section 6(2) of the Social Security Act 1981. back

[4] S.I. 1958/423. back

[5] S.I. 1976/225. back

[6] S.I. 1979/290. back

[7] S.I. 1988/591. back

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