The Social Security (Norway) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020

Modification of legislation and variation of the Principal Order

2.—(1) The legislation to which this paragraph applies is modified, and the Principal Order is varied, to the extent required to give effect to the provisions contained in the Convention on Social Security set out in the Schedule to the Principal Order, as amended by the Agreement(1) contained in the Letters set out in the Schedule to this Order, so far as the same relate to Northern Ireland.

(2) Paragraph (1) applies to—

(a) the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2);

(b) the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(3);

(c) the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(4);

(d) Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(5);

(e) the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(6);

(f) Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007(7);

(g) Parts 2 and 5 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015(8);

(h) Parts 1 and 5 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015(9);

(i) the following as they form part of domestic law by virtue of section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018(10)—

(i) Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems;

(ii) Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004;

(j) regulations within the scope of section 155(5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.

(1)

The Exchange of Letters between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway for the continued application and amendment of the Convention on Social Security between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway, and the Protocol concerning Medical Treatment, done at Oslo on 19 June 1990. The Agreement is laid before Parliament in the Treaty Series for information.

(2)

No modifications are made in respect of payments out of the social fund, Christmas bonus, statutory sick pay or statutory maternity pay because section 155(4)(b)(i)-(iv) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 excludes these benefits from the scope of the power to modify.

(3)

1992 c. 7.

(4)

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

(5)

S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10).

(6)

2002 c. 14 (N.I.).

(7)

2007 c. 2 (N.I.).

(8)

S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1).

(9)

2015 c. 5 (N.I.).

(10)

2018 c. 16. Section 3 is to be amended by section 25(2) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1). Regulation 883/2004 and 987/2009 as they form part of domestic law under section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 are revoked (with savings) by S.I. 2020/1508 with effect from IP completion day.