2016 No. 189
The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreement) (Isle of Man) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
Made
Coming into operation
Section 155(1)(a), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 M1 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 1992 M2 and Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 M3, 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 section 155(1)(a), (2), (3) and (5) and section 165(4), (5) and (6) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 M4.
1992 c.8. Section 155 was amended by paragraph 21 of Schedule 12 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c.5). Other amendments to section 155 are not relevant to this Order.