Regulation 3 Amendments to the Social Security (Application of Reciprocal Agreements with Australia, Canada and New Zealand) (EEA States and Switzerland) Regulations 2015I1

The Social Security (Application of Reciprocal Agreements with Australia, Canada and New Zealand) (EEA States and Switzerland) Regulations 2015 are amended as follows.

Substitute regulation 1(3)(a) with—

“(a)

“withdrawal agreement”, “EEA EFTA separation agreement” and “Swiss citizens’ rights agreement” have the same meanings as in section 39(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020;

(aa)

“Trade and Cooperation Agreement” has the same meaning as in section 37(1) of the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020^f1;”

In regulation 2(a), before “an EEA” add “a UK or”;

Substitute regulation 2(d) with—

“(d)

that person is covered by—

(i)

Title III of Part 2 of the withdrawal agreement as set out at Article 30 and 32 of that agreement;

(ii)

Title III of Part 2 of the EEA EFTA separation agreement as set out at Article 29 and 31 of that agreement;

(iii)

Part Three of the Swiss citizens’ rights agreement as set out at Article 25 and 26a of that agreement;

(iv)

the Protocol on Social Security Coordination in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement as set out at Article SSC.2 of Title 1 of that agreement.”.