The Social Security (Norway) Order 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/767
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Norway) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

Section 2 Modification of the Social Security Act 1975

The Social Security Act 1975 shall be modified to such extent as may be required to give effect to the provisions contained in the Convention and the Protocol set out in the Schedule to this Order so far as the same relate to England, Wales and Scotland.

Section 3 Modification of the Child Benefit Act 1975

Part I of the Child Benefit Act 1975 and any regulations made under it shall be modified to such extent as may be required to give effect to the provisions contained in the Convention and the Protocol set out in the Schedule to this Order so far as the same relate to England, Wales and Scotland.

Section 4 Revocation and variation of Orders

(1) The Family Allowances, National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Norway) Order 1958 is hereby revoked.

(2) The reference to the said Order of 1958 shall be omitted in Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1976 , in the Schedule to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1979 and in the Schedule to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1988 .

Section 1

Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this Article, where a person has, since his last arrival in the territory of one Party, completed four weeks of employment as an employed person in the territory of that Party, then for the purpose of any claim for unemployment benefit under the legislation of that Party, any qualifying income, any insurance period or any period of employment completed under the legislation of the other Party shall, in accordance with the provisions of Article 10 of this Convention, be treated as if it were qualifying income, an insurance period or period of employment, as the case may be, completed under the legislation of the former Party provided that:

(a) any qualifying income, any insurance period or any period of employment completed under the legislation of Jersey shall not be taken into account for the purpose of determining entitlement to unemployment benefit under the legislation of Norway; and

(b) any qualifying income, any insurance period or any period of employment completed under the legislation of Norway shall be taken into account, for the purpose of determining entitlement to unemployment benefit, only under the legislation specified in Article 2(1)(a)(i) and (ii) of this Convention.

(2) For the purpose of ascertaining whether a person has completed four weeks of employment under the legislation of the United Kingdom, that person shall be treated as having completed a week of employment for each contribution period completed as an employed person under that legislation.

(3) Where a person claims unemployment benefit under the legislation of one Party by virtue of paragraph (1) of this Article, any period for which he received such benefit under the legislation of the other Party shall be taken into account as if it were a period for which he had received unemployment benefit under the legislation of the former Party.