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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-jamaica-order-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/871",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Jamaica) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-jamaica-order-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 19th March 1997\nComing into force 1st April 1997\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of March 1997\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas at London on 12th November 1996 a Convention on social security between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Jamaica (which Convention is set out in Schedule 1 to this Order and is hereinafter referred to as “the Convention\") providing for an earlier Agreement between the Parties concerning reciprocity in social security and the extension and modification of that Agreement to be consolidated into a single document, with extensions and modifications in scope and taking account of changes in legislation, and a Protocol supplementary to the Convention (which Protocol is set out in Schedule 2 to this Order and is hereinafter referred to as “the Protocol\") were signed on behalf of those Governments:\nAnd Whereas by Article 33 of the Convention it is provided that the Convention shall enter into force on a date to be specified in Notes exchanged through the Diplomatic Channel by the Parties to the Convention notifying each other that all constitutional procedures as are necessary to give effect to the Convention have been finalised:\nAnd Whereas at Kingston on 5th March 1997 Notes were exchanged on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Jamaica (which Notes are set out in Schedule 3 to this Order) specifying that the Convention shall enter into force on 1st April 1997:\nAnd Whereas by Article 17 of the Protocol it is provided that the Protocol shall enter into force at the same time as the Convention and shall form an integral part of the Convention:\nAnd Whereas by section 179(1)(a) and (2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 it is provided that Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for modifying or adapting that Act and the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 in their application to cases affected by agreements with the Governments of countries outside the United Kingdom providing for reciprocity in matters specified in the said section:\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 179(1)(a) and (2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "See Cm 3527."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1992 c.5."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1992 c.4."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Instrument modified (9.4.2001) by Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/407), art. 2, Sch. 1, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Instrument modified (22.2.2012) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/360), arts. 1, 2, Sch. 1, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Order modified (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/158), Sch. 1, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Order modified (6.4.2017) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/159), art. 1, Sch. 1, Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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