Paragraph

The provisions of the present Convention shall apply—

• in relation to the United Kingdom, to the National Insurance Act, 1946, the National Insurance Act (Northern Ireland), 1946 M1, and the National Insurance (Isle of Man) Act, 1948 M2;

• in relation to the Federal Republic, to the legislation concerning unemployment insurance.

Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Article, the Convention shall apply also to any legislation which amends, supplements or consolidates the legislation specified in paragraph (1) of this Article.

The Convention shall apply to any legislation which extends the existing legislation to new classes of persons, unless, within three months of the date when information concerning the said legislation is given in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of Article 13 of the Convention, the competent authority of one Contracting Party gives notice to the competent authority of the other Party that it shall not so apply,

The Convention shall apply to legislation which amends or supplements the legislation specified in paragraph (1) of this Article for the purpose of giving effect to a reciprocal agreement concluded with one or more other countries, or a Regulation, promulgated by the European Economic Community, which is binding on one of the Parties, only if the two Parties make an agreement to that effect.

Subject to the provisions of Article 5 of the Convention, the Convention shall apply to those members of the forces, members of the civilian component and their dependants, who are mentioned in the first sentence of paragraph (1) of Article 13 of the Agreement to Supplement the Agreement between the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty regarding the Status of their Forces with respect to Foreign Forces stationed in the Federal Republic of Germany, signed at Bonn on the 3rd August, 1959 M3 in so far as that Agreement relates to the Forces of the United Kingdom and their civilian component, in the same way as the Convention applies to other persons.