The Child Benefit (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) Regulations 1977

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Child Benefit (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) Regulations 1977 and shall come into operation on 7th February 1977.

(2) Any reference in these regulations to any provision made by or contained in any enactment or instrument shall, except in so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that provision as amended or extended by any enactment or instrument.

(3) The rules for the construction of Acts of Parliament contained in the Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the purposes of the interpretation of these regulations as they apply for the purposes of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

Modification of the Child Benefit Act 1975 and certain regulations

2.—(1) The provisions contained in the Memorandum of Reciprocal Arrangements set out in Schedule 1 to these regulations shall have effect so far as the same relate to Great Britain, and Part I of the Child Benefit Act 1975 and regulations made under that Part shall have effect subject to such modifications as may be required in them for the purpose of giving effect to the said provisions.

(2) In particular and without prejudice to paragraph (1) above any provision of Part I of the Child Benefit Act 1975 specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to these regulations (“the column 1 provision”) shall be adapted so that any act, omission, event or other matter to which the provision of the Northern Ireland legislation specified in the corresponding paragraph of column 2 of the said Schedule relates is deemed to be an act, omission, event or other matter to which the column 1 provision relates; and in that provision references to the Secretary of State shall be construed as including references to the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland.

David Ennals

Secretary of State for Social Services

6th January 1977