Part 2: Social security co-ordination Section 6: Power to modify retained direct EU legislation relating to social security co-ordination
Section 6 provides a power for an appropriate authority (defined, in subsection (7) as the Secretary of State or the Treasury, a Northern Ireland department, or a Minister of the Crown acting jointly with a Northern Ireland department) to modify , by regulations, the retained direct EU legislation listed in subsection (2) (commonly known as the EU Social Security Co-ordination Regulations). These directly applicable EU regulations provide for social security co-ordination across the EEA (including Switzerland).
	This section allows the Government (and/or, where appropriate, a Northern Ireland department) to make regulations to implement new policies regarding co-ordination of social security. This section is intended to be used to implement new policies subject to the outcome of future negotiations with the EU.
	Subsection (3) sets out that such regulations can make different provision for different categories of person and for different purposes, as well as making supplementary, incidental, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision.
	Subsection (4) states that consequential provision includes modification to provisions made by or under primary legislation or to retained direct EU legislation not listed in subsection (2).
	Subsection (5) ensures any directly effective rights that will have been saved by section 4 of the EUWA 2018 at the end of the transition period cease to apply insofar as they are inconsistent with, or are otherwise capable of affecting, the interpretation or application of provision made by regulations under section 6.
	Subsection (6) provides for the interpretation of terms included in subsection (5).
	Subsection (7) provides for the definition of "appropriate authority".
	Subsection (8) indicates further provision about the power of devolved authorities to make regulations under this section is set out in Schedule 2.
	Subsection (9) indicates further provision about the making of regulations under this section is set out in Schedule 3.