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Social Security (Reciprocal Agreement with Chile) (Jersey) Act 201-

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A decision made 30 March 2015:

Decision Reference:  MD-ER-2015-0023

Decision Summary Title :

Social Security – Reciprocal Agreement with Chile

Date of Decision Summary:

18 March 2015

Decision Summary Author:

 

External Relations

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

 

Written Report

Title :

Report of the Minister for Social Security:

 

Draft convention on social security

between the Government of the Republic of Chile

And the Government of the United Kingdom of

Great Britain and Northern Ireland

 

 

Date of Written Report:

18 March 2015

Written Report Author:

Social Security

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

Public

Subject:  Social Security – Reciprocal Agreement with Chile

 

Decision(s):  The Minister for External Relations decided to lodge ‘au greffe’ the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreement with Chile) (Jersey) Act 201-, with an accompanying report of the Minister for Social Security.

 

Reason(s) for Decision:

On 21 April 1998, the States adopting a proposition of the then Employment and Social Security Committee, requested the Bailiff to inform the Secretary of State that it was the wish of the Assembly that certain Conventions on Social Security between the Government of the United Kingdom and other Governments should apply to Jersey.  One of those Conventions related to the Republic of Chile. 

The Social Security agreement with Chile was signed by the UK Secretary of State on 13th March 2012 and the respective procedures for each country to complete ratification were both completed on 10 March 2015.  In accordance with Article 13 of the agreement, the Convention will come into force on 1st June 2015.

The Act gives effect in Jersey to the convention establishing a reciprocal agreement on social security between the Governments of Chile and the United Kingdom and would come into force on the 1st June 2015, to bring Jersey’s social security legislation into line with the agreement on the same date as the agreement itself comes into force.

Resource Implications:  There are no resource implications.

 

Action required: External Relations to request the Greffier of the States to arrange for the draft Act and accompanying Report to be lodged ‘au Greffe’  for debate as soon as possible.

 

Signature:

 

Position: 

Minister for External Relations

 

Date Signed:

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

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