Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

Published: 17 October 2018

These instruments make changes to domestic legislation to reflect that the UK is no longer a Member State from exit day.  These changes fall into two groups:  

Firstly, where the UK is explicitly/implicitly referred to as a Member State of the EU – in these instances an amendment would be made to reflect the UK’s new status as a state independent of the EU.  

Secondly, they amend the existing power in primary legislation to implement and give effect to international agreements in the area of social security, in order to extend this from not just implementing agreements with individual states, but also to implement those reached with international/ supranational organisations (i.e. the EU). This power to implement an agreement with the EU was not necessary while the UK was a Member State of the EU. This amendment therefore reflects the UK’s new position as independent of the EU.  

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