The Social Security (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) (Citizens’ Rights Agreement) (Revocation) Order 2020

Made: 16th December 2020

Coming into force: 17th December 2020

At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 16th day of December 2020 Present, The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

In order to give effect to the Withdrawal Agreement (as that agreement is modified from time to time in accordance with any provision of it) and in view of the operation of section 7B of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018[^f00004] which provides that the rights, powers, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, remedies and procedures under the EEA Citizens’ Rights Agreement are to be recognised and available in domestic law and enforced, allowed and followed accordingly, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 179(1)(a) and (2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:

Citation and commencement

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) (Citizens’ Rights Agreement) (Revocation) Order 2020.

• (2) This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Revocation

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The Social Security (Iceland) (Liechtenstein) (Norway) (Citizens’ Rights Agreement) Order 2019[^f00005] is revoked.

Signed

Richard Tilbrook — Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Social Security (Iceland) (Liechtenstein) (Norway) (Citizens’ Rights Agreement) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1302) (“the 2019 Order”) makes provision for the modification of certain social security legislation, so as to give effect to the Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway signed at London on 2nd April 2019. That Agreement was superseded by a further agreement (“the EEA Citizens’ Rights Agreement”) between those countries which was signed at London on 28th January 2020.

The EEA Citizens’ Rights Agreement is incorporated into United Kingdom law from IP completion day by section 7B of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) (“the 2018 Act”). The 2019 Order is therefore revoked by article 2 of this Order.

This instrument does not impose any costs on business, charities or the voluntary sector. A Tax Information and Impact Note has not been prepared for this instrument as it only revokes an instrument which has been superseded by section 7B of the 2018 Act.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1992 c. 5. Section 179 has been relevantly amended by paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 6 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671) and S.I. 2020/1508. There are other amendments that are not relevant to this Order.

[^f00002]: A copy of this agreement can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eea-efta-no-deal-citizens-rights-agreement-and-explainer. Hard copies can be obtained from the Department for Work and Pensions, Caxton House, Tothill Street, London SW1H 9NA.

[^f00003]: See https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-eea-efta-states-sign-separation-agreement.

[^f00004]: 2018 c. 16. Section 7B is inserted by section 6 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1).

[^f00005]: S.I. 2019/1302.