Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 1928

The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1996

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1996 No. 1928

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1996

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23rd day of July 1996

Present

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas the Orders in Council specified in Schedule 2 to this Order modified or adapted certain enactments so as to give effect to the agreements set out in the Schedules to those Orders:And Whereas Her Majesty's Government in consequence of changes in the law of Great Britain have proposed to each of the parties with whom the United Kingdom has made such an agreement alterations to the agreement:And Whereas by virtue of section 179(1)(b) and (2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992^[1] it is provided that for the purpose of giving effect to any such agreement as it would be if it were so altered in accordance with such proposals, Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for modifying or adapting the Social Security Administration Act 1992, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^[2] and the Jobseekers Act 1995^[3] in their application to cases affected by the proposed alterations:Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of the said section 179(1)(b) and (2) 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 (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 7th October 1996.

Modification or adaptation of Acts
    2.    The Social Security Administration Act 1992, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and the Jobseekers Act 1995 shall be modified or adapted to such extent as may be required to give effect to the alterations set out in Schedule 1 to this Order which are proposed to the agreements set out in the Orders in Council specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council

[1] 1992 c. 5. Section 179 was amended by section 41(4) of, and Schedule 2 paragraph 70 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18). back

[2] 1992 c. 4. back

[3] 1995 c. 18. back

Explanatory Note