The Social Security (Canada) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Canada) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995 and shall come into operation on 1st December 1995.

Modification of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act and the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act

2.—(1) The Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1) and the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and any regulations made or having effects thereunder(2) shall be to such an extent as may be required to give effect to the provisions contained in the consolidated arrangements so far as the same relate to Northern Ireland.

(2) In this Article “the consolidated arrangements” mean arrangements concerning social security agreed in former Exchanges of Letters to be consolidated into a single document, with modifications where necessary to take account of changes in legislation; which arrangements are set out in a schedule to the Exchange of Letters(3) set out in Schedule 1 to this Order and which shall enter into force on 1st December 1995, the date specified in the Exchange of Notes set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

Revocation and amendment of orders and regulations

3.—(1) The Family Allowances and National Insurance (Canada) Order (Northern Ireland) 1960(4), the National Insurance (Canada) Order (Northern Ireland) 1962(5), the National Insurance (Canada) Order (Northern Ireland) 1973(6) and the Social Security (Canada) Order (Northern Ireland) 1977(7) are hereby revoked.

(2) In Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) (Northern Ireland) Order 1976(8) the entries relating to the Family Allowances and National Insurance (Canada) Order (Northern Ireland) 1960, to the National Insurance (Canada) Order (Northern Ireland) 1962 and to the National Insurance (Canada) Order (Northern Ireland) 1973 shall be omitted and in the Schedule to the Child Benefit (Residence and Persons Abroad) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1976(9) the entry relating to the Family Allowances and National Insurance (Canada) Order (Northern Ireland) 1960 shall be omitted.

P B. B. Mayhew

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Dated this 18th day of October 1995.