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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-switzerland-citizens-rights-agreement-revocation-order-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1570",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Switzerland) (Citizens’ Rights Agreement) (Revocation) Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-switzerland-citizens-rights-agreement-revocation-order-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 16th December 2020\nComing into force 17th December 2020\nAt the Court at Windsor Castle, the 16th day of December 2020\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nThis Order is made under the powers in section 179(1)(a) and (2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”), which provide that, for the purpose of giving effect to any agreement with the government of a country outside the United Kingdom providing for reciprocity in specified matters, Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for modifying or adapting specified legislation in its application to cases affected by such agreement.\nFollowing the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, the Freedom of Movement of Persons Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, on the one part, and the Swiss Confederation on the other, signed at Luxembourg on 21st June 1999 no longer applies as between the United Kingdom and the Swiss Confederation.\nAt Bern on 25th February 2019 an Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Swiss Confederation on citizens’ rights following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (“the Switzerland Citizens’ Rights Agreement”) was signed on behalf of the respective Governments. Part 3 of that Agreement makes provision in relation to social security.\nThe Switzerland Citizens’ Rights Agreement is to enter into force from the later of the specified date or the first day of the second month following the date of receipt of the later of the parties’ notifications that they have completed their internal procedures. The specified date is the date on which, in the absence of any transitional arrangements, the United Kingdom ceases to be a Member State of the European Union, or in the event there are transitional arrangements, the date on which those transitional arrangements cease to apply to the United Kingdom.\nIn view of the agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union under Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union which sets out the arrangements for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU (as that agreement is modified from time to time in accordance with any provision of it) and the operation of section 7B of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 which provides that the rights, powers, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, remedies and procedures under the Switzerland Citizens’ Rights Agreement are to be recognised and available in domestic law and enforced, allowed and followed accordingly, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 179(1)(a) and (2) of the 1992 Act, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 5. Section 179 has been relevantly amended by paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 6 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671) and by S.I. 2020/1508. There are other amendments that are not relevant to this Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2019 CP 64."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2018 c. 16. Section 7B is inserted by section 6 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1570/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:19:53.570362+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."
}