“the Philippines” means the Republic of the Philippines;

“legislation” means, in relation to a Party, such of the legislation specified in Article 2 of this Convention as applies in the territory of that Party or in any part thereof;

“competent authority” means the authority responsible for the social security schemes in all or part of the territory of each Party; in relation to the Philippines, the Social Security System, and, in relation to the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State for Social Services, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man Board of Social Security, as the case may require;

“insurance authority” means the authority competent to decide entitlement to the benefit in question;

“competent institution” means the authority from which the person concerned is entitled to receive benefit or would be entitled to receive benefit if he were resident in the territory of the Party where that authority is situated;

“insured” means, in relation to the Philippines, that contributions have been paid, or are payable by, or are considered to have been paid in respect of, the person concerned, and, in relation to the United Kingdom, that contributions have been paid by or are payable by, or in respect of, or have been credited in respect of, the person concerned;

“insurance period” means, in relation to the Philippines, a contribution period, and, in relation to the United Kingdom, a contribution period or an equivalent period;

“contribution period” means a period in respect of which contributions appropriate to the benefit in question are payable, have been paid or treated as paid under the legislation in question;

“equivalent period” means, in relation to the United Kingdom, a period for which contributions appropriate to the benefit in question have been credited under the legislation of that Party;

“dependant” means a person who would be treated as such for the purpose of any claim for an increase of benefit in respect of a dependant under the legislation concerned;

“pension” or “benefit” includes any increase of, or any additional amount payable with, a pension or benefit, respectively;

“invalidity pension” means, in relation to the Philippines, a disability benefit, payable to a person who is totally or partially disabled, other than a disability pension payable in respect of disablement resulting from an industrial accident or disease;

“old age pension” means, in relation to the United Kingdom, a retirement pension payable under the legislation of that Party;

“survivor's benefit” means, in relation to the Philippines, a survivor's pension other than a lump sum payment, and, in relation to the United Kingdom, widow's allowance, widowed mother's allowance and widow's pension payable under the legislation of that Party;

“industrial disablement pension” means a pension or benefit payable to a person for loss of physical or mental faculty as a result of an accident or disease arising out of and in the course of employment, other than a mobility allowance payable under the legislation of the United Kingdom;

“benefit for industrial accidents and diseases” includes, in relation to the United Kingdom, sickness benefit or invalidity pension where either of these is payable under the legislation of that Party in respect of an industrial accident or an industrial disease;

“gainfully occupied” means being an employed or self-employed person;

“employed person” means a person who comes within the definition of an employed person or of an employed earner or a person who is treated as such in the applicable legislation and the words “person is employed” shall be construed accordingly;

“employment” means employment as an employed person and the words “employ”, “employed” or “employer” shall be construed accordingly;

“self-employed person” means a person who comes within the definition of a self-employed person or of a self-employed earner or a person who is treated as such in the applicable legislation and the words “person is self-employed” shall be construed accordingly.