Chapter Article 7 Diplomats, Government Servants and Consular Employees

This Convention shall not apply to persons who are exempt from the social security law of the Party in whose territory they are present or resident by virtue of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of April 18, 1961^f1, or of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of April 24, 1963^f2.

Subject to paragraph (1), where any person who is employed in the Government Service, or treated as such, or in the local Government Service of one Party is sent to work in the territory of the other Party, the legislation of the former Party concerning liability for contributions shall apply to him as if he were employed in its territory.

Subject to paragraphs (1) and (2), where a person is employed in a diplomatic mission or consular post of one Party in the territory of the other Party, or in the private service of a member of such a mission or post, the legislation of the latter Party concerning liability for contributions shall apply to him as if he were employed in its territory, unless within three months of the entry into force of this Convention, or within three months of the beginning of the employment in the territory of the latter Party, whichever is the later, he chooses to be insured under the legislation of the former Party, provided that, in the case of the United Kingdom, he had been so insured previously. Where, under this paragraph, a person has the right to choose to be insured under the legislation of the former Party but does not choose to do so, he shall not be liable, nor entitled, to pay contributions under the legislation of the former Party.