Statement by the Slovak EU Presidency in response to the presentations by Ambassador F. Seixas da Costa and by Ambassador S. Baumann

After section 51B of the Social Security Act 1986 (general provisions about administration of benefits) there shall be inserted—

For the purpose of incorporating provisions of this Act into the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (which consolidates certain enactments relating to the administration of social security and which comes into force on 1st July 1992) that Act shall have effect, and be taken always to have had effect, as if it had originally been enacted with the amendments specified in the Schedule to this Act; and subsection (1) above shall accordingly cease to have effect on the coming into force of that Act.

This Act may be cited as the Social Security (Mortgage Interest Payments) Act 1992.

Any administrative expenses incurred by a Minister of the Crown in consequence of this Act shall be defrayed out of money provided by Parliament.

Any sums recovered by a Minister of the Crown by virtue of this Act shall be paid— and any other sums received by a Minister of the Crown by virtue of this Act shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

The Secretary of State may by regulations make such transitional or consequential provision, and such savings, as he considers necessary or expedient for, or in connection with, the coming into force of any provision of this Act.

Subsections (1) to (3A) of section 166 of the Social Security Act 1975 (general provisions about regulations and orders) shall apply in relation to the powers to make regulations conferred by subsection (4) above as they apply in relation to any power conferred by that Act to make regulations, but as if for references to that Act there were substituted references to that subsection.

A statutory instrument— shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

An Order in Council under paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (legislation for Northern Ireland in the interim period) which states that it is made only for purposes corresponding to those of this Act—

Subsections (1) and (7) above and this subsection extend to Northern Ireland; but, except as provided by this subsection, this Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.