The Social Security (Australia) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Australia) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st March 2001.

(2) In this Order—

“the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1);

“the Australia Order” means the Social Security (Australia) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992(2), which gave effect to the Agreement on Social Security(3) signed at London on 1st October 1990 and the Exchange of Notes(4) signed at Canberra on 22nd April 1992 between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Australia;

“the legislation” means the Administration Act, the Contributions and Benefits Act, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(5), and regulations made under the Administration Act or the Contributions and Benefits Act modified or adapted under section 155 of the Administration Act in their application to cases affected by agreements with the governments of countries outside the United Kingdom providing for reciprocity in matters specified in that section.

(1)

1992 c. 7

(2)

S.R. 1992 No. 269 as modified by S.R. 1995 No. 110 and S.R. 1996 No. 327. S.R. 1992 No. 269 modified the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 (c. 15) and Part II of the Child Benefit (Northern Ireland) Order 1975 (S.I. 1975/1504 (N.I. 16)), whose provisions were consolidated in the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7) and the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992. S.R. 1992 No. 269 was modified by S.R. 1996 No. 327 to take account of the changes made by the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995

(3)

See Cm. 1589

(4)

See Cm. 1955

(5)

S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)