The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1982

Made27th October 1982

Coming into Operation27th October 1982

At the Court of Saint James, the 27th day of October 1982

Present,

The Counsellors of State in Council

Whereas Her Majesty, in pursuance of the Regency Acts 1937 to 1953, was pleased, by Letters Patent dated the 30th day of September 1982, to delegate to the six Counsellors of State therein named or any two or more of them full power and authority during the period of Her Majesty's absence from the United Kingdom to summon and hold on Her Majesty's behalf Her Privy Council and to signify thereat Her Majesty's approval for anything for which Her Majesty's approval in Council is required:

And Whereas the Orders in Council specified in column (1) of Schedule 2 to this Order modified certain enactments so as to give effect to the agreements set out in the Schedules to those Orders:

And Whereas the Orders specified in column (2) of the said Schedule 2 were modified by the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1976 and the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1979:

And Whereas Her Majesty's Government have proposed to each of the parties with whom the United Kingdom has made a relevant agreement set out in a Schedule to the Orders in Council mentioned in the said Schedule 2 to enter into agreements with them for altering the existing agreements in consequence of changes in the legislation of the United Kingdom but without otherwise altering the effect of the existing agreements:

And Whereas by virtue of section 143(1) of the Social Security Act 19751 it is provided that for the purpose of giving effect to any such agreement as it would be if it were so altered in accordance with such proposals, Her Majesty may be Order in Council make provision for modifying or adapting the Social Security Act 1975 in its application to cases affected by the proposed alterations:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, being authorised thereto by the said Letters Patent, and in pursuance of the powers conferred by the said section 143(1) and all other powers enabling Her Majesty, and by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, do on Her Majesty's behalf order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 27th October 1982.

Modification of Orders2

1

Any Order in Council specified in Schedule 2 to this Order shall, for the purposes of section 143 of the Social Security Act 1975, have effect subject to the modifications relating to such Order contained in Schedule 1 to this Order.

2

Any such Order in Council shall have effect as if the agreement proposed by Her Majesty's Government for modifying the agreement set out in the Schedule to such Order, so as to take account of changes in the legislation of the United Kingdom without otherwise altering the effect of such agreement, had been entered into.

N.E. LeighClerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE 1

Modification of the National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Sweden) Order 1957F21

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Modification of the Family Allowances, National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Finland) Order 1960F12

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Modification of The Social Security (Portugal) Order 19793

The agreement contained in the Schedule to the Social Security (Portugal) Order 1979 shall be amended by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (1) of Article 11:–

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where a woman is confined on or after 4 July 1982 in Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man (other than a woman who is treated as having been confined there by virtue of Article 12(1)), periods during which she was present in the territory of Portugal shall be treated for the purpose of a claim by her for maternity grant under the legislation of the Party in whose territory the confinement occurred as if they were periods during which she was present in that territory.

SCHEDULE 2

Orders in Council modified by this Order	Orders in Council previously modified2
(1)	(2)
TF2...	TF2...
F1. . .	F1. . .
The Social Security (Portugal) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/921)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order provides for the Orders in Council listed in Schedule 2 (which give effect to the agreements made between the Government of the United Kingdom and other countries providing for reciprocity in certain social security matters) to have effect subject to modifications to take account of changes contained in the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30) replacing contributory maternity grant by non-contributory maternity grant in respect of confinements on or after 4th July 1982.