THE SOCIAL SECURITY (RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS) ORDER 2012

Introductory Text

Statutory Instruments

2012 No. 360

Social Security

The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2012

Made

15th February 2012

Coming into force

22nd February 2012

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of February 2012

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

The Orders in Council specified in Schedule 2 modified or adapted certain enactments so as to give effect to the agreements set out in the Schedules to those Orders:

Her Majesty’s Government in consequence of changes in the law of Great Britain has proposed to each of the governments with whom the United Kingdom has made such an agreement alterations to the agreement:

Section 179(1)(b), (2) and (5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(1) provides 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), Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007(3) and regulations made under that Part, in their application to cases affected by the proposed alterations:

Accordingly, Her Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 179(1)(b), (2) and (5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, to make the following Order in Council:

Citation and Commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2012 and shall come into force on 22nd February 2012.

Modification of Legislation

2.  The Social Security Administration Act 1992, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, and Part I of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 and regulations made under that Part, are to be modified to such extent as may be required to give effect to the alterations set out in Schedule 1 which are proposed to the agreements set out in the Orders in Council specified in Schedule 2. Richard TilbrookClerk of the Privy Council