{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-reciprocal-agreement-isle-of-man-order-northern-ireland-2016/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-reciprocal-agreement-isle-of-man-order-northern-ireland-2016/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/189",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreement) (Isle of Man) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-reciprocal-agreement-isle-of-man-order-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 22nd March 2016\nComing into operation 6th April 2016\nSection 155(1)(a), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 provides that for the purpose of giving effect to any agreement with the government of a country outside the United Kingdom providing for reciprocity in matters relating to payments for purposes similar or comparable to the purposes of legislation to which that section applies, the Secretary of State may by Order make provision for modifying or adapting the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 , and any regulations made under those Acts or that Part, in their application to cases affected by the agreement.\nAccordingly, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 155(1)(a), (2), (3) and (5) and section 165(4), (5) and (6) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c.8. Section 155 was amended by paragraph 21 of Schedule 12 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c.5). Other amendments to section 155 are not relevant to this Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1992 c.7."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "2015 c.5 (N.I.)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "Sub-section (6) of section 165 was amended by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/189/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:56:48.363416+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}