Citation and commencement

regulation 1 + 1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Social Security Co-ordination) (Compatibility) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 4th June 2025.

Compatibility between specified domestic and assimilated law

regulation 2 + 2.—(1) Section 7(2) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023(3) applies (and section 5(A2) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018(4) does not apply) to the relationship between provisions made by or under the domestic enactments specified in paragraph (2) and the provisions of assimilated direct legislation specified in paragraph (3).

(2) The domestic enactments mentioned in paragraph (1) are—

regulation 2 2 a + (a)the Insolvency Act 1986(5),

regulation 2 2 b + (b)section 4 of the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999(6),

regulation 2 2 c + (c)the Insolvency Act 2000(7),

regulation 2 2 d + (d)the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002(8),

regulation 2 2 e + (e)the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016(9),

regulation 2 2 f + (f)the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989(10), and

regulation 2 2 g + (g)the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2002(11).

(3) The provisions of assimilated direct legislation mentioned in paragraph (1) (so far as they are saved by regulation 7 of the Social Security Co-ordination (Revocation of Retained Direct EU Legislation and Related Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020)(12)) are—

regulation 2 3 a + (a)Article 84 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems(13), and

regulation 2 3 b + (b)Chapter 3 of Title 4 to Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems(14).

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations require that specified domestic legislation be read compatibly with specified assimilated direct legislation, relating to the co-ordination of social security between the UK and other countries.

Regulation 2 requires that provisions made by or under specified domestic legislation be read compatibly with specified assimilated direct legislation. This is necessary to give effect to international agreements in the field of social security, coordinating debt recovery, insolvency and recognition and enforcement of judgments, between the UK and other countries.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument because no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.