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The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1988

S.I. 1988/591 · Made 23 March 1988 · Extends to United Kingdom

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 23rd March 1988

Coming into force 11th April 1988

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23rd day of March 1988

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas the Orders in Council specified in the Schedule to this Order modified certain enactments so as to give effect to the agreements set out in the Schedules to those Orders:

And Whereas Her Majesty's Government have proposed to each of the parties with whom the United Kingdom has made a relevant agreement set out in a Schedule to the Orders in Council mentioned in the Schedule to this Order to enter into agreements with them for altering the existing agreements in consequences of changes in the legislation of the United Kingdom but without otherwise altering the effect of the existing agreements:

And Whereas by virtue of section 143(1) of the Social Security Act 1975 M1 it is provided that for the purpose of giving effect to any such agreement as it would be if so altered in accordance with proposals, Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for modifying or adapting the Social Security Act 1975 in its application to cases affected by the proposed alterations:

And Whereas by virtue of section 166(4) of the Social Security Act 1975 any Order in Council made under the said section 143 may be varied by a subsequent Order in Council made under that section:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of the said section 143 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:

Annotations to the whole text

Marginal citations

M1

1975 c. 14; section 143 was amended by the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c. 60), section 65, Schedule 4, paragraph 53 and by the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977 (c. 5), section 20(1); subsection (1A) of section 143 was inserted by section 6(1) of the Social Security Act 1981 (c. 33).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Modification of Orders
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule ORDERS IN COUNCIL MODIFIED BY THIS ORDER
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 11th April 1988.

2Modification of Orders

(1)

Any Order in Council specified in the Schedule to this Order shall, for the purposes of section 143 of the Social Security Act 1975, have effect subject to the further modifications contained in the following provisions of this Order.

(2)

Any such Order in Council shall have effect as if the agreement proposed by Her Majesty's Government for modifying the agreement set out in the Schedule to such Order, so as to take account of changes in the legislation of the United Kingdom without otherwise altering the effect of such agreement, had been entered into.

(3)

Where in any agreements set out in the Schedule to any such Order in Council there are provisions relating to the calculation of widow's allowance under the legislation of the United Kingdom such provisions shall be taken to include, subject to such modifications as may be required, a reference to a widow's payment under the legislation of the United Kingdom.

Signature

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

ORDERS IN COUNCIL MODIFIED BY THIS ORDER

Title of Order in CouncilReferencePreviously modified by
The National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Reciprocal Agreement with Italy) Order 1953S. I. 1953/884The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1976 M1 and the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1979 M2
The National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Luxembourg) Order 1955S.I. 1955/420ditto
F1. . .. . .. . .
F2. . .F3. . .F4. . .
The National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Israel) Order 1957S.I. 1957/1879ditto
F5. . .F6. . .F7. . .
The National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (France) Order 1958S.I. 1958/597ditto
The Family Allowances, National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Belgium) Order 1958S.I. 1958/771ditto
F8. . .F9. . .F10. . .
The Family Allowances, National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Yugoslavia) Order 1958S.I. 1958/1263ditto
The Family Allowances, National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Denmark) Order 1960S.I. 1960/211ditto
F11. . .. . .. . .
The National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Turkey) Order 1961S.I. 1961/584ditto
The Family Allowances, National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Germany) Order 1961S.I. 1961/1202ditto
The Family Allowances, National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Switzerland) Order 1969S.I. 1969/384ditto
The National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Bermuda) Order 1969S.I. 1969/1686ditto
. . .. . .. . .
F12. . .F13. . .F14. . .
The Family Allowances, National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Spain) Order 1975S.I. 1975/415ditto
F15. . .F16. . .F17. . .
F18. . .F19. . .F20. . .
The National Insurance (Germany) Order 1961S.I. 1961/1513The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1976 M3
. . .. . .. . .
. . .. . .. . .
The Family Allowances, National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Gibraltar) Order 1974S.I. 1974/555ditto
F21The Social Security (Portugal) Order 1979S.I. 1979/921and the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1979 M4 and the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1976
F22. . .F23. . .F24. . .
F25. . .F26. . .
The Social Security (Spain) Order 1976S.I. 1976/1916
The Social Security (Isle of Man) Order 1977S.I. 1977/2150
F27. . .F28. . .
The Social Security (Austria) Order 1981S.I. 1981/605
The Social Security (Mauritius) Order 1981S.I. 1981/1542
F29. . .F30. . .
F31. . .F32. . .
F33. . .F34. . .
The Social Security (New Zealand) Order 1983S.I. 1983/1894
The Social Security (Finland) Order 1984S.I. 1984/125
The Social Security (Israel) Order 1984S.I. 1984/354
F35. . .F36. . .
The Social Security (Iceland) Order 1985S.I. 1985/1202
F37. . .F38. . .
The Social Security (Austria) Order 1987S.I. 1987/1830
The Social Security (Portugal) Order 1987S.I. 1987/1831
The Social Security (Sweden) Order 1988S.I. 1988/590

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the Orders in Council listed in the Schedule (which give effect to agreements made between the Government of the United Kingdom and other countries providing for reciprocity in certain social security matters) to have effect subject to modifications to take account of changes in social security law made by the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50) replacing widow's allowance by the widow's payment.