Article 2 Modification and Adaptation of the Social Security Act 1975
The Social Security Act 1975 shall be modified to such extent as may be required to give effect to the provisions contained in the Agreement relating to Social Security set out in Schedule 1 to this Order, so far as the same relate to England, Wales and Scotland.
In particular and without prejudice to paragraph (1) above any provision of the Social Security Act 1975 specified in Schedule 2 to this Order shall be adapted so that any act, omission or event to which the corresponding provision in Isle of Man legislation relates is deemed to be an act, omission or event to which that provision of the Social Security Act 1975 relates; and in that provision references to—
the Secretary of State shall be construed as including references to the Isle of Man Board of Social Security;
the National Insurance Fund shall be construed as including references to the Manx National Insurance Fund;
benefit, contributions and employed earners shall be construed as references to benefit, contributions and employed earners respectively within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1975 (an Act of Parliament) as applied to the Isle of Man by virtue of orders made under the Social Security Legislation (Application) Act 1974 (an Act of Tynwald),
and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.