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Social Security (Norway) Order 1991

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 10 Cited in Amendments 8 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1991/767
Year1991
  • This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Norway) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.
  • The Social Security Act 1975 shall be modified to such extent as may be required to give effect to the provisions contained in the Convention and the Protocol set out in the Schedule to this Order so far as the same relate to England, Wales and Scotland.
  • Part I of the Child Benefit Act 1975 and any regulations made under it shall be modified to such extent as may be required to give effect to the provisions contained in the Convention and the Protocol set out in the Schedule to this Order so far as the same relate to England, Wales and Scotland.
    • (1) The Family Allowances, National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Norway) Order 1958 (2) The reference to the said Order of 1958 shall be omitted in Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1976 The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway;Having established reciprocity in the field of social security by means of the Convention which was signed on their behalf at London on 25th July 1957;Desiring to extend and modify the scope of that reciprocity and to take account of changes in their legislation;Having included reciprocal provisions in relation to medical treatment in the Protocol concerning Medical Treatment which forms an integral part of this Convention;Have agreed as follows:For the purpose of this Convention:“legislation” means, in relation to a Party, such of the legislation specified in Article 2 of this Convention as applies in the territory of that Party or in any part thereof;“competent authority” means the authority responsible for the social security schemes in all or part of the territory of each Party; that is to say, in relation to the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State for Social Security, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man Department of Health and Social Security, or the Social Security Committee of the States of Jersey, as the case may require and, in relation to Norway, the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs or the Ministry of Local Government and Labour, as the case may require.“insurance authority” means, in relation to the United Kingdom, the authority competent to decide entitlement to the benefit in question and, in relation to Norway, the institution or authority competent for the application of the legislation specified in paragraph (1) (b) of Article 2 of this Convention;“competent institution” means the the institution from which the person concerned is entitled to receive benefit or would be entitled to receive benefit if he were resident in the territory of the Party where the institution is situated;“insured” means, in relation to the United Kingdom, that contributions have been paid by or are payable by or in respect of, or have been credited in respect of, the person concerned, or for the purpose of Section 7 of Part III of this Convention, that the person concerned is, or is treated as being, an employed person, and, in relation to Norway, a person who is insured in accordance with the legislation specified in paragraph (1) (b) of Article 2 of this Convention;“insurance period” means, in relation to the United Kingdom, a contribution period or an equivalent period and, in relation to Norway, a period in respect of which a period has been insured as specified in paragraph (1) (e) of this Article for the benefit in question;“contribution period” means, in relation to the United Kingdom, a period in respect of which contributions appropriate to the benefit in question are payable, have been paid or treated as paid under the legislation of the United Kingdom and, in relation to Norway, an insurance period;“equivalent period” means, in relation to the United Kingdom, a period for which contributions appropriate to the benefit in question have been credited under the legislation of the United Kingdom;“pension”, “allowance” or “benefit” includes any increase of, or any additional amount payable with, a pension, allowance or benefit respectively;“unemployment benefit” means, in relation to Norway, benefit defined as daily cash benefit during unemployment under the legislation of Norway;“sickness benefit” means, in relation to Norway, sickness benefit including rehabilitation allowance paid after the expiry of the sickness benefit period during continued medical treatment aimed at improving the capacity for work;“maternity allowance” means, in relation to Norway, daily cash benefit payable in the case of maternity and adoption; the term shall not include special benefits payable to single parents under the legislation of Norway;“invalidity pension” means, in relation to Norway, a disability pension as defined in the legislation of Norway including rehabilitation allowance paid in all situations other than those referred to in sub-paragraph (k) in relation to sickness benefit;“old age pension” means, in relation to the United Kingdom, a retirement pension or old age pension payable under the legislation of the United Kingdom;“survivors’ benefit” means, in relation to the United Kingdom, widow’s allowance, widow’s payment, widowed mother’s allowance and widow’s pension payable under the legislation of the United Kingdom and, in relation to Norway, pension and transitional benefit payable to a surviving F8spouse or civil partner under the legislation of Norway;“orphan’s benefit” means, in relation to the United Kingdom, guardian’s allowance payable under the legislation of the United Kingdom and, in relation to Norway, survivors’ benefit for children payable under the legislation of Norway;“attendance benefit” means, in relation to the United Kingdom, attendance allowance payable under the legislation of the United Kingdom and, in relation to Norway, assistance benefit and basic benefit in the case of disability and childcare benefit payable for surviving F9spouses or civil partners under the legislation of Norway;“ship or vessel” means, in relation to the United Kingdom, any ship or vessel whose port of registry is a port in the territory of the United Kingdom or, in the case of a hovercraft, which is registered in that territory, provided that the owner (or managing owner if there is more than one owner) has a place of business in that territory and, in relation to Norway, any ship or vessel registered as a

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