UNITED KINGDOM STATUTORY INSTRUMENT
1995 No. 767
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1995
Made 15th March 1995
Coming into force 13th April 1995
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of March 1995
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas the Orders in Council specified in Schedules 2 and 3 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 in consequence of changes in the law of Great Britain have proposed to each of the parties with whom the United Kingdom has made such an agreement alterations to the agreement:
And Whereas by virtue of section 179(1)(b) and (2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992it is provided that for the purpose of giving effect to any such agreement as it would be if it were so altered in accordance with such proposals, Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for modifying or adapting the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992in their application to cases affected by the proposed alterations:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of the said section 179(1)(b) and (2) 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:
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Citation and commencementCitation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 13th April 1995.
Modification of Acts
2. The Social Security Administration Act 1992 and the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 shall be modified to such extent as may be required to give effect to the alterations set out in Schedule 1 to this Order which are proposed to the agreements set out in the Orders in Council specified in Schedules 2 and 3 to this Order.
N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2
PROPOSED ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING AGREEMENTS
1. Subject to paragraph 2, where in the agreement set out in the Schedule to an Order in Council specified in Schedule 2 to this Order there are references to sickness benefit, invalidity benefit or invalidity pension under the legislation of the United Kingdom or any specified part thereof, such references shall be altered to include a reference to short-term incapacity benefit or long-term incapacity benefit, as the case may be, under the legislation of the United Kingdom or any specified part thereof.
2. Where in the agreement set out in the Schedule to an Order in Council specified in Schedule 3 to this Order there are provisions relating to the calculation or payment of sickness benefit, invalidity benefit or invalidity pension under the legislation of the United Kingdom or any specified part thereof, the following alterations shall be made:—
(a) For the purposes of the calculation or payment of invalidity benefit or invalidity pension after a specified period of sickness benefit or incapacity for work the provision shall be altered so as to apply also to long-term incapacity benefit payable under the legislation of the United Kingdom or any specified part thereof after a period of 364 days of incapacity for work; and
(b) For the purposes of the calculation or payment of sickness benefit the provision shall be altered so as to apply also to short-term incapacity benefit payable under the legislation of the United Kingdom or any specified part thereof for the period of up to and including the first 364 days of incapacity for work.
SCHEDULE 2
Article 2
ORDERS IN COUNCIL MODIFIED BY THIS ORDER