The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1982

• Citation: S.I. 1982/1528
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

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

Section 2 Modification of Orders

(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.

Section 1 Modification of the National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Sweden) Order 1957

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Section 2 Modification of the Family Allowances, National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Finland) Order 1960

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Section 3 Modification of The Social Security (Portugal) Order 1979

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:–

(1A) 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.