The National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (France) Order 1958

Made: 3rd April 1958

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 3rd day of April, 1958

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas at Paris on the tenth day of July, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, a Convention between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic on social security (which Convention is set out in the Schedule hereto) was signed on behalf of those Governments:

And Whereas by Article 49 of the said Convention it was provided that the Convention should enter into force on the first day of the second month following the month in which the instruments of ratification had been exchanged:

And Whereas the said Convention has been ratified by the Governments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of the French Republic and the instruments of ratification were exchanged on the 31st day of March, 1958, and accordingly the said Convention enters into force on the first day of May, 1958:

And Whereas by section 64 of the National Insurance Act, 1946, and section 85 of the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act, 1946, it is provided that Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for modifying or adapting those Acts in their application to cases affected by agreements with other governments providing for reciprocity in the matters specified in those sections:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of the said section 64 of the National Insurance Act, 1946, and the said section 85 of the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act, 1946, and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (France) Order, 1958.

• (2) The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies to the interpretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

Modification of Acts

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The provisions contained in the Convention set out in the Schedule to this Order shall have full force and effect, so far as the same relate to England, Wales and Scotland and provide by way of agreement with the Government of the French Republic for reciprocity in any matter specified in either subsection (1) of section 64 of the National Insurance Act, 1946, or subsection (1) of section 85 of the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act, 1946, and the National Insurance Acts, 1946 to 1957, and the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Acts, 1946 to 1957, shall have effect subject to such modifications as may be required therein for the purpose of giving effect to the said provisions.

SCHEDULE