
1988 No. 591
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1988
Made 23rd March 1988
Coming into force 11th April 1988
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23rd day of March 1988Present,The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas the Orders in Council specified in the Schedule to this Order modified certain enactments so as to give effect to the agreements set out in the Schedules to those Orders:And Whereas Her Majesty's Government have proposed to each of the parties with whom the United Kingdom has made a relevant agreement set out in a Schedule to the Orders in Council mentioned in the Schedule to this Order to enter into agreements with them for altering the existing agreements in consequences of changes in the legislation of the United Kingdom but without otherwise altering the effect of the existing agreements:And Whereas by virtue of section 143(1) of the Social Security Act 1975  it is provided that for the purpose of giving effect to any such agreement as it would be if so altered in accordance with proposals, Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for modifying or adapting the Social Security Act 1975 in its application to cases affected by the proposed alterations: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 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:
Citation and commencement
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This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 11th April 1988.
Modification of Orders
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(1) Any Order in Council specified in the Schedule to this Order shall, for the purposes of section 143 of the Social Security Act 1975, have effect subject to the further modifications contained in the following provisions of 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.
(3) Where in any agreements set out in the Schedule to any such Order in Council there are provisions relating to the calculation of widow's allowance under the legislation of the United Kingdom such provisions shall be taken to include, subject to such modifications as may be required, a reference to a widow's payment under the legislation of the United Kingdom.
G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE
ORDERS IN COUNCIL MODIFIED BY THIS ORDER

Articles 2 and 3

Title of Order in Council Reference Previously modified by
The National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Reciprocal Agreement with Italy) Order 1953 S. I. 1953/884 The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1976  and the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1979 
The National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Luxembourg) Order 1955 S.I. 1955/420 ditto
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The National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Israel) Order 1957 S.I. 1957/1879 ditto
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The National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (France) Order 1958 S.I. 1958/597 ditto
The Family Allowances, National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Belgium) Order 1958 S.I. 1958/771 ditto
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The Family Allowances, National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Yugoslavia) Order 1958 S.I. 1958/1263 ditto
The Family Allowances, National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Denmark) Order 1960 S.I. 1960/211 ditto
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The National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Turkey) Order 1961 S.I. 1961/584 ditto
The Family Allowances, National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Germany) Order 1961 S.I. 1961/1202 ditto
The Family Allowances, National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Switzerland) Order 1969 S.I. 1969/384 ditto
The National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Bermuda) Order 1969 S.I. 1969/1686 ditto
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The Family Allowances, National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Spain) Order 1975 S.I. 1975/415 ditto
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The National Insurance (Germany) Order 1961 S.I. 1961/1513 The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1976 
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The Family Allowances, National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Gibraltar) Order 1974 S.I. 1974/555 ditto
The Social Security (Portugal) Order 1979 S.I. 1979/921 and the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1979  and the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1976 
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The Social Security (Spain) Order 1976 S.I. 1976/1916
The Social Security (Isle of Man) Order 1977 S.I. 1977/2150
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The Social Security (Austria) Order 1981 S.I. 1981/605
The Social Security (Mauritius) Order 1981 S.I. 1981/1542
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The Social Security (New Zealand) Order 1983 S.I. 1983/1894
The Social Security (Finland) Order 1984 S.I. 1984/125
The Social Security (Israel) Order 1984 S.I. 1984/354
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The Social Security (Iceland) Order 1985 S.I. 1985/1202
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The Social Security (Austria) Order 1987 S.I. 1987/1830
The Social Security (Portugal) Order 1987 S.I. 1987/1831
The Social Security (Sweden) Order 1988 S.I. 1988/590