The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Social Security Co-ordination) (Compatibility) Regulations 2025
S.I. 2025/580 · Made 13 May 2025
RETAINED EU LAW REFORM
SOCIAL SECURITY
Made 13th May 2025
Laid before Parliament 14th May 2025
Coming into force 4th June 2025
The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs make these Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 7(1) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023f1 (“the 2023 Act”).
The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs are a relevant national authority for the purposes of section 7(1) of the 2023 Actf2.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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2023 c. 28. Section 7(1) was amended by paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 2 to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (“the 2023 Act”), subject to savings and transitional provisions specified in section 22(6) of the 2023 Act.
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The term “relevant national authority” is defined in section 21(1) of the 2023 Act and includes a Minister of the Crown. Section 21(1) of the 2023 Act provides that “Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 (c. 26) and includes the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Compatibility between specified domestic and assimilated law
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Social Security Co-ordination) (Compatibility) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 4th June 2025.
2Compatibility between specified domestic and assimilated law
Section 7(2) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023f1 applies (and section 5(A2) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018f2 does not apply) to the relationship between provisions made by or under the domestic enactments specified in paragraph (2) and the provisions of assimilated direct legislation specified in paragraph (3).
The domestic enactments mentioned in paragraph (1) are—
the Insolvency Act 1986f3,
section 4 of the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999f4,
the Insolvency Act 2000f5,
the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002f6,
the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016f7,
the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989f8, and
the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2002f9.
The provisions of assimilated direct legislation mentioned in paragraph (1) (so far as they are saved by regulation 7 of the Social Security Co-ordination (Revocation of Retained Direct EU Legislation and Related Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020)f10) are—
Article 84 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systemsf11, and
Chapter 3 of Title 4 to Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systemsf12.
Signature
Jonathan Athow
Justin Holliday
Two of the Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs
13th May 2025
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations require that specified domestic legislation be read compatibly with specified assimilated direct legislation, relating to the co-ordination of social security between the UK and other countries.
Regulation 2 requires that provisions made by or under specified domestic legislation be read compatibly with specified assimilated direct legislation. This is necessary to give effect to international agreements in the field of social security, coordinating debt recovery, insolvency and recognition and enforcement of judgments, between the UK and other countries.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument because no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.