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The Social Security (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 in Wales

S.R. 2021/287 · Made 25 October 2021

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Social Security

Made 25th October 2021

Coming into operation 3rd December 2021

The Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7, to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2018 c. 16; Schedule 2 was amended by section 27(7) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1); paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 was amended by paragraph 53(2) of Schedule 5 to that Act

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation on 3rd December 2021.

2Amendment of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

In section 144 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992f1 (entitlement of pensioners to Christmas bonus), in subsection (1)(a) for “or a member State” substitute “, an EEA state or Switzerland”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 25th October 2021

(L.S.)

Anne McCleary

A senior officer of the Department for Communities

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

Regulation 2 amends section 144(1)(a) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7) to add Switzerland so that people in Switzerland who satisfy the qualifying conditions will receive the Christmas bonus following the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union. Regulation 2 also amends this section by replacing “member State” with “EEA state” since the Christmas bonus is paid pursuant to this section to people satisfying the qualifying conditions in all European Economic Area states.