Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

United Kingdom

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Iceland) (Liechtenstein) (Norway) Order 2023.

(2)

This article and article 4 of this Order come into force on the day after this Order is made.

(3)

Articles 2 and 3 of this Order come into force—

(a)

in relation to the United Kingdom and the first EEA EFTA State to notify the Depositary in accordance with Article 74(1) and (2) (Entry into force) of the Convention set out in the Schedule to this Order, on the first day of the month following the later of the dates on which the Depositary receives the notification of that EEA EFTA State and the United Kingdom^f1; and

(b)

in relation to an EEA EFTA State which notifies the Depositary after the notification given by the EEA EFTA State referred to in sub-paragraph (a) in accordance with Article 74(1) and (3) of the Convention set out in the Schedule to this Order, on the first day of the month following the date on which the Depositary receives the notification of that EEA EFTA State.

(4)

In this Order—

(a)

“the Depositary” is to be interpreted in accordance with Article 73(2) (Authentic text and depositary) of the Convention set out in the Schedule to this Order; and

(b)

“EEA EFTA State” has the meaning given to it in Article 1(o) (Definitions) of the Convention set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 1 in force at 12.10.2023, see art. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: The date on which the Convention enters into force will be published on the relevant page on UK Treaties Online which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-treaties.