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Paragraph Article 14

(1)

Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this Article, where a person is entitled to an old age pension under the legislation of the territory of the United Kingdom otherwise than by virtue of the provisions of this Convention, that pension shall be payable and the provisions of Article 15 of this Convention shall not apply.

(2)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article or of Article 15 of this Convention, a married woman who is not entitled to an old age pension under the legislation of the United Kingdom by virtue of her own insurance periods, but who is entitled to a Category B retirement pension under that legislation by virtue of insurance periods completed by her husband, shall be entitled to claim an old age pension in accordance with the said Article 15. Where by virtue of the said Article 15 she would have entitlement to an old age pension under the legislation of the United Kingdom, she shall be entitled to choose to receive that pension in preference to the Category B retirement pension which could otherwise be payable under that legislation by virtue of the insurance periods completed by her husband.

Notes on Schedule

Modifications

C1

Sch. modified (5.12.2005) by Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2765), art. 1, Sch. 1, Sch. 2