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1991 No. 767
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security (Norway) Order 1991
Made
20th March 1991
Coming into force
1st April 1991
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 20th day of March 1991
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas at Oslo on the 19th June 1990 a 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 (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”) and a Protocol supplementary to the Convention (hereinafter referred to as “the Protocol”)M1 were signed on behalf of those Governments:
And Whereas by Article 38 of the Convention it is provided that the Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the third month following the month in which the instruments of ratification are exchanged:
And Whereas by Article II of the Protocol it is provided that the Protocol shall form an integral part of the Convention:
And Whereas the Convention and the Protocol have been ratified by the said Governments and the instruments of ratification were exchanged on 31st January 1991 and, accordingly, the Convention and the Protocol enter into force on 1st April 1991:
And Whereas by section 143 of the Social Security Act 1975M2 and section 15 of the Child Benefit Act 1975M3 it is provided that Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for modifying or adapting the said Social Security Act and for modifying the provisions of Part I of the said Child Benefit Act and regulations made under it in their application to cases affected by agreements with other Governments providing for reciprocity in matters specified in those sections:
And Whereas by virtue of section 166(4) of the Social Security Act 1975 any Order in Council made under the said section 143 may be varied by a subsequent Order in Council made under that section:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of the said section 143, and the said section 15, and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows:—
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C1Order modified (31.12.1992) by The Social Security (Norway) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3212), arts. 1, 2, Sch.
C2Order modified (13.4.1995) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/767), arts. 1, 2, Schs. 1, 2
C3Order modified (7.10.1996) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1928), arts. 1, 2, Schs. 1, 2
C4Order modified (9.4.2001) by Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/407), arts. 1, 2, Schs. 1, 2
C5Order modified (5.12.2005) by Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2765), arts. 1, 2, Schs. 1, 2
C6Order modified (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/158), arts. 1, 2, Schs. 1, 2
C7Order modified (1.1.2021) by The Social Security (Norway) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1597), arts. 1, 2(1)(2), Sch. (with art. 2(3))
C8Order modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Iceland) (Liechtenstein) (Norway) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1060), arts. 1(3), 3, Sch.
C9Order modified (11.3.2024) by S.S.I. 2023/282, art. 3 (as inserted (S.) by The Social Security (Gibraltar) (Iceland) (Liechtenstein) (Norway) (Further provision in respect of Scotland) Order 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/62), arts. 1(2), 4(2))
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M1 See Cmnd. 1331.
M21975 c.14; subsection (1) of section 143 was amended by section 20(1) of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977 (c.5) and section 65(2) of and Schedule 11 to the Social Security Act 1986 (c.50). Subsection (1A) of section 143 was inserted by section 6(1) of the Social Security Act 1981 (c.33).
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