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  "legislation": "uksi/1961/1513",
  "legislation_title": "The National Insurance (Germany) Order 1961",
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  "text": "For the purpose of the present Convention—\n(1) “the United Kingdom” means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and “the Federal Republic” means the Federal Republic of Germany;\n(2) “territory” means, in relation to the United Kingdom, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man, and, in relation to the Federal Republic, the area in which the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is in force;\n(3) “national” means, in relation to the United Kingdom, a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, and, in relation to the Federal Republic, a German within the meaning of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic;\n(4) “legislation” means the legislation specified in Article 2 in force in any part of the territory of one (or the other) Contracting Party;\n(5) “competent authority” means, in relation to the United Kingdom, the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance, the Ministry of Labour and National Insurance for Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man Board of Social Services, as the case may require, and, in relation to the Federal Republic, the Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs;\n(6) “insurance authority” means, in relation to the United Kingdom, the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance, the Ministry of Labour and National Insurance for Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man Board of Social Services or the statutory authorities appointed to determine questions under the legislation of the United Kingdom, as the case may require, and, in relation to the Federal Republic, the Federal Institute for Labour Placing and Unemployment Insurance;\n(7) “employed person” means a person who comes within the definition of an employed person or a person who is treated as such in the legislation of one (or the other) Contracting Party; “employment” means employment as an employed person, and the words “employ” and “employer” refer to such employment;\n(8) “dependant” means in relation to the United Kingdom, a person who would be treated as such for the purpose of any claim to receive benefit for a dependant under the legislation of the United Kingdom, and, in relation to the Federal Republic, a person who, for the purpose of the benefit in question, comes within the definition of a dependant in German legislation ;\n(9) “vessel or aircraft” means, in relation to the United Kingdom, a sea-going ship or vessel, registered in the territory of the United Kingdom, or any other British sea-going ship or vessel of which the owner (or managing owner, if there is more than one owner) or manager resides or has his principal place of business in the territory of the United Kingdom, or an aircraft, registered in that territory, of which the owner (or managing owner, if there is more than one owner) resides or has his principal place of business in that territory; and, in relation to the Federal Republic, a seagoing ship which flies the Federal flag in accordance with German legislation or an aiiroraft which is included in the register of German aircraft.",
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