Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020

Amendment of section 287 of Act of 2005

100. Section 287 of the Act of 2005 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “social assistance under Part 3, child benefit under Part 4, or any other scheme, or payment, under this Act” for “State pension (non-contributory) and blind pensions, widow’s (non-contributory) pension, widower’s (non-contributory) pension, surviving civil partner’s (non-contributory) pension or guardian’s payment (non-contributory), jobseeker’s allowance and child benefit”, and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (2):

“(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsections (1) and (2), the Minister, in an order under this section, may provide for the manner in which—

(a) a reciprocal or other arrangement that is the subject of the order is to apply to persons, or different categories of persons, to whom a different reciprocal or other arrangement, provided for in another order under this section, applies, and

(b) the different reciprocal or other arrangement referred to in paragraph (a) is to apply to persons, or different categories of persons, to whom the reciprocal or other arrangement that is the subject of the order applies.

(4) In this section, a reference to ‘reciprocal or other arrangement’ includes an agreement which is intended to be binding on the State, the Government or the Minister but which has not, at the time of the making of an order under this section, become binding and to which the Minister is satisfied the international organisation, any other state or government or the proper authority under any government, referred to in subsection (1), is giving effect.”.