Part Article II
Sub-paragraph 5. of paragraph (1) of Article 1 of the Convention shall be deleted and the following substituted:
“5“competent authority” means, in relation to the territory of the United Kingdom, the Department of Social Security for Great Britain, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, the Department of Health and Social Security of the Isle of Man, the Social Security Committee of the States of Jersey or the States of Guernsey Insurance Authority, as the case may be, and, in relation to Austria, the Federal Ministers responsible for the application of the legislation specified in paragraph (1) of Article 2 of the Convention;”
Sub-paragraph 8. of paragraph (1) of Article 1 of the Convention shall be deleted and the following substituted:
“8.a“pension”, “allowance” or “benefit” shall be taken to include any increase in its rate and any additional allowance payable with it;”
After Article 2 of the Convention the following Article 2A shall be inserted:
“Article 2A
This Convention shall apply to:
(a)persons who are, or have been, subject to the legislation of one or both of the High Contracting Parties;
(b)other persons with respect to the rights they derive from the persons specified in sub-paragraph (a).”
To Article 4 of the Convention the following paragraph (3) shall be added:
“(3)As regards Austrian legislation, paragraph (1) of this Article shall not apply to the equalisation supplement.”
In paragraph (1) of Article 16 of the Convention the words “Articles 17 and 18” shall be replaced by the words “Article 17”.
In paragraph (3) of Article 16 of the Convention the words “Articles 17 and 19” shall be replaced by the words “Article 17”.
To Article 16 of the Convention the following paragraph (4) shall be added:
“(4)Where a person is entitled to an old age pension under the legislation of Austria without the application of the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article, that pension shall be paid and the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 17 of this Convention shall not be applied under that legislation.”
Articles 18 and 19 of the Convention shall be deleted.
Paragraph (7) of Article 20 of the Convention shall be deleted and the following substituted:
“(7)the helpless person’s allowance shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 17 of this Convention;”
Paragraph (9) of Article 20 of the Convention shall be deleted and the following substituted:
“(9)the special payments are due in proportion to the Austrian partial pension.”
In Article 3 of the Protocol to the Convention concerning benefits in kind the words “Gebietskrankenkasse für Arbeiter und Angestellte (Regional Fund for Sickness Insurance of Wage-earners and Employees)” shall be replaced by the words “Gebietskrankenkasse (Regional Fund for Sickness Insurance)”.