Article 2 Modification of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act and the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act

The Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f1 and the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 shall be modified to such an extent as may be required to give effect to the provisions contained in the Convention and the Protocol, so far as the same relate to Northern Ireland.

In this Article “the Convention and the Protocol”^f2 mean the Convention on Social Security between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Jamaica (set out in Schedule 1 to this Order) providing for an earlier Agreement 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 the Protocol supplementary to that Convention (set out in Schedule 2 to this Order), signed on behalf of those Governments at London on 12th November 1996.

The Convention and the Protocol (as provided therein) shall enter into force on 1st April 1997, the date specified in Notes (set out in Schedule 3 to this Order) exchanged through the Diplomatic Channel.