1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Child Benefit (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.
(2) In these Regulations, “the Principal Arrangements" means the arrangements contained in the Memorandum of Reciprocal Arrangements set out in Schedule 1 to the Child Benefit (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) Regulations 1977 M1.
Marginal Citations
2.—(1) The provisions of the arrangements contained in the exchange of letters set out in the Schedule to these Regulations shall have effect so far as they relate to Great Britain, and the effect of the Principal Arrangements shall be varied in accordance with those provisions.
(2) The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 M2, the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and Chapter II of Part I of the Social Security Act 1998 M3, and regulations made or having effect as if made under any of those Acts so far as such regulations relate to Great Britain, shall have effect subject to such modifications as may be required for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of the Principal Arrangements as amended by the provisions of the arrangements set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Hugh Bayley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
5th August 1999