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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 and shall come into operation on exit day.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
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In Part II of the Schedule to the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (persons not excluded from certain benefits under section 115 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999), for paragraph 2 (in so far as it does not relate to child benefit) substitute—“
2. 
A person who is lawfully working in Northern Ireland and is a national of a State with which—
(a) the European Union has concluded an agreement under Article 217 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (an “EU Agreement”) providing, in the field of social security, for the equal treatment of workers who are nationals of the signatory State and their families; or
(b) the United Kingdom has concluded an agreement which replaces in whole or in part an EU Agreement in sub-paragraph (a) which has ceased to apply to, and in, the United Kingdom, providing, in the field of social security, for the equal treatment of workers who are nationals of the signatory State and their families.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 7th November 2019
(L.S.)Anne McCleary
A senior officer of the Department for Communities
