The Social Security (Jamaica) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

Contents

1 Citation and commencement
2 Modification of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act and the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act
3 Revocation and amendment of Orders
Schedule 1 Convention between the Government of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and The Government of Jamaica on Social Security
Schedule 2 Protocol
Schedule 3 Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Jamaica

Article 1Citation and commencement#

This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Jamaica) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997.

Article 2Modification of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act and the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act#

(1)The Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 shall be modified to such an extent as may be required to give effect to the provisions contained in the Convention and the Protocol, so far as the same relate to Northern Ireland.

(2)In this Article “the Convention and the Protocol” mean the Convention on Social Security between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Jamaica (set out in Schedule 1 to this Order) providing for an earlier Agreement concerning reciprocity in social security and the extension and modification of that Agreement to be consolidated into a single document, with extensions and modifications in scope and taking account of changes in legislation, and the Protocol supplementary to that Convention (set out in Schedule 2 to this Order), signed on behalf of those Governments at London on 12th November 1996.

(3)The Convention and the Protocol (as provided therein) shall enter into force on 1st April 1997, the date specified in Notes (set out in Schedule 3 to this Order) exchanged through the Diplomatic Channel.

Article 3Revocation and amendment of Orders#

(1)The National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Jamaica) Order (Northern Ireland) 1972 is hereby revoked.

(2)In Part II of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) (Northern Ireland) Order 1976, the Schedule to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order (Northern Ireland) 1979, the Schedule to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order (Northern Ireland) 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995, the entry relating to the National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Jamaica) Order (Northern Ireland) 1972 shall be omitted.

Schedule 2 · Protocol

Part 1 Article 1

Article 2

(1)In accordance with this Protocol and instruments concluded under its terms, the competent authorities of the Parties shall assist each other in administering the laws (and regulations, rules and administrative practices thereunder) in Article 2 of the Convention and, when appropriate, the Convention itself.

(2)The competent authorities shall not carry out administrative measures or practices that are at variance with the statutes, regulations or administrative practices of either Party.

(3)All documents required to be tendered for official purposes under the Convention, and/or arising out of this Protocol or future arrangements and instruments, shall be presumed to be official documents so long as they are on official stationery or they bear the official seal or stamp of the relevant Party.