Introductory text

SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 18th November 1983

Coming into Operation 1st January 1984

At the Court of Saint James, the 18th day of November 1983

Present,

The Counsellors of State in Council

Whereas Her Majesty, in pursuance of the Regency Acts 1937 to 1953, was pleased, by Letters Patent dated the 3rd day of November 1983, to delegate to the six Counsellors of State therein named or any two or more of them full power and authority during the period of Her Majesty's absence from the United Kingdom to summon and hold on Her Majesty's behalf Her Privy Council and to signify thereat Her Majesty's approval for anything for which Her Majesty's approval in Council is required:

And Whereas at Nicosia on 18th December 1982 a Convention on social security between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus (which Convention is set out in the Schedule to this Order and is hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”) was signed on behalf of those Governments:

And Whereas by Article 36 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 the Convention has been ratified by the said Governments and the instruments of ratification were exchanged on 27th October 1983, and accordingly the Convention enters into force on 1st January 1984:

And Whereas by section 143 of the Social Security Act 1975^f1 it is provided that Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for modifying or adapting the said Social Security Act in its application to cases affected by agreements with other governments providing for reciprocity in matters specified in that section:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, being authorised thereto by the said Letters Patent, and in pursuance of the said section 143 and of all other powers enabling Her Majesty, and by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, do on Her Majesty's behalf order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6

Annotations

Modifications

C1: Instrument modified (11.4.1988) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/591), arts. 2, 3, Sch.
C2: Instrument modified (13.4.1995) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/767), art. 2, Sch. 1, Sch. 2
C3: Instrument modified (7.10.1996) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1928), art. 2, Sch. 1, Sch. 2
C4: Instrument modified (9.4.2001) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/407), art. 2, Sch. 1, Sch. 2
C5: Order modified (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/158), Sch. 1, Sch. 2
C6: Order modified (6.4.2017) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/159), art. 1, Sch. 1, Sch. 2

Footnotes

f1: Subsection (1A) of section 143 was inserted by section 6(1) of the Social Security Act 1981 (c. 33).