The Social Security (Switzerland) (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 2020Present,The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

In view of the agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union under Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union which sets out the arrangements for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU (as that agreement is modified from time to time in accordance with any provision of it) and the operation of section 7B of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018[^f00003] which provides that the rights, powers, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, remedies and procedures under the Switzerland Citizens’ Rights Agreement are to be recognised and available in domestic law and enforced, allowed and followed accordingly, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 179(1)(a) and (2) of the 1992 Act, 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 (Switzerland) (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 (Switzerland) (Citizens’ Rights Agreement) Order 2019[^f00004] 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 (Switzerland) (Citizens’ Rights Agreement) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1303) (“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 the Swiss Confederation on Citizens’ Rights (“the Switzerland Citizens’ Rights Agreement”) following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and the Free Movement of Persons Agreement, signed at Bern on 25th February 2019.

The 2019 Order was to have come into force on IP completion day. Because the Switzerland Citizens’ Rights Agreement is incorporated into United Kingdom law from that day by section 7B of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) (“the 2018 Act”), it is necessary for the 2019 Order to be 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 by S.I. 2020/1508. There are other amendments that are not relevant to this Order.

[^f00002]: 2019 CP 64.

[^f00003]: 2018 c. 16. Section 7B is inserted by section 6 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1).

[^f00004]: S.I. 2019/1303.