Paragraph 31

In Article 49—

(a)

in the heading omit “or when he has expressly requested a postponement of the award of old age benefits”;

(b)

in paragraph 1—

(i)

for “Member States” substitute “States”;

(ii)

after “the following provisions shall apply” insert “where the United Kingdom is the competent State”;

(iii)

for “each of the competent institutions administering a legislation whose conditions” substitute “the competent institution in the United Kingdom, when the conditions of its legislation,”;

(iv)

for “one legislation” substitute “the legislation of the United Kingdom”;

(v)

for “whose conditions are satisfied, taking” substitute “of the United Kingdom, taking”;

(vi)

omit the words from “The provisions” to the end of the paragraph;

(c)

in paragraph 2—

(i)

after “Article 46,” insert “by the competent institution in the United Kingdom,”;

(ii)

omit the final sentence;

(d)

in paragraph 3 after “with paragraph 1” insert “by the competent institution in the United Kingdom,”.