EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1989 No 63
Issued by the authority of the Minister of State for Social Security
Subject - | Social Security Act 1947 |
| Social Security (Reciprocity with United Kingdom) Regulations (Repeal) |
| Social Security (Reciprocity with New Zealand) Regulations (Repeal) |
The purpose of the proposed Regulations is to repeal the Social Security (Reciprocity with United Kingdom) Regulations and the Social Security (Reciprocity with New Zealand) Regulations.
Prior to 5 June 1987, agreements between the Government of the Commonwealth and the Governments of the United Kingdom and New Zealand relating to reciprocity in social security matters were given effect by Regulations pursuant to section 137 of the Social Security Act 1947 (the Act). Those Regulations were made under (old) section 149 (now section 253) of the Act.
Section 137 of the Act was repealed by the Social Security Amendment Act 1987 which also inserted Schedules into the Act setting out the reciprocal agreements between the Government of the Commonwealth and the Governments of the United Kingdom and New Zealand. The effect of these amendments to the Act is that the Social Security (Reciprocity with United Kingdom) Regulations and the Social Security (Reciprocity with New Zealand) Regulations no longer have any force or effect.
The proposed Regulations would therefore repeal the Social Security (Reciprocity with United Kingdom) Regulations and the Social Security (Reciprocity with New Zealand) Regulations.