The Social Security (Malta) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Malta) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 1st September 1996.

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

2.  The Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(2) and any regulations made or having effect thereunder(3) shall be modified to such an extent as may be required to give effect to the provisions contained in the Convention on Social Security (providing for the earlier Conventions on Social Security to be consolidated into a single document) set out in the Schedule to this Order, so far as the same relate to Northern Ireland.

Revocation and variation of Orders

3.—(1) The National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Reciprocal Agreement with Malta) Order (Northern Ireland) 1957(4) and the National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Reciprocal Agreement with Malta) Order (Northern Ireland) 1958(5) are hereby revoked.

(2) In Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) (Northern Ireland) Order 1976(6), the Schedule to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order (Northern Ireland) 1979(7), the Schedule to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order (Northern Ireland) 1988(8) and Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995(9), the entries relating to the National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Reciprocal Agreement with Malta) Order (Northern Ireland) 1957 and the National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Reciprocal Agreement with Malta) Order (Northern Ireland) 1958 shall be omitted.

P. B. B. Mayhew

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Dated this 24th day of July 1996.