Section 155(1)(a), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 19921 provides that for the purpose of giving effect to any agreement with the government of a country outside the United Kingdom providing for reciprocity in matters relating to payments for purposes similar or comparable to the purposes of legislation to which that section applies, the Secretary of State may by Order make provision for modifying or adapting the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 19922 and Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 20153, and any regulations made under those Acts or that Part, in their application to cases affected by the agreement.

Accordingly, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 155(1)(a), (2), (3) and (5) and 165(4), (5) and (6)4 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.