# The Social Security (Sweden) Order 1988, Paragraph: Article 1


(1) For the purpose of this Convention:
(a) “the United Kingdom” means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and “Sweden” means the Kingdom of Sweden;
(b) “territory” means, in relation to the United Kingdom, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and also the Isle of Man, the Island of Jersey and the Islands of Guernsey, Alderney, Herm and Jethou and, in relation to Sweden, the territory of Sweden;
(c) “legislation” means the legislation specified in Article 2 of this Convention which is in force in the territory of one (or the other) State or in any part of that territory;
(d) “competent authority” means, in relation to the territory of the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State for Social Services, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man Department of Health and Social Security, the Social Security Committee of the States of Jersey or the States of Guernsey Insurance Authority as the case may require, and, in relation to Sweden, the Government or the authority nominated by the Government;
(e) “insurance authority” means the authority or institution competent to decide entitlement to the benefit in question;
(f) “competent institution” means the authority or institution 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 State where that authority or institution is situated;
(g) “insured” means, in relation to the territory of the United Kingdom, that contributions have been paid or are payable by or in respect of the person concerned, or have been credited to him or for the purposes of Articles 21 to 23 of this Convention, that the person is, or is treated as being, an employed person;
(h) “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 of one or the other State;
(i) “insurance period” means a contribution period, a period of employment or any other period recognised as a period of insurance or an equivalent period by the legislation under which it was completed, including any calendar year for which pension points have been credited under the Swedish social insurance scheme for the purpose of a supplementary pension on the basis of income from employment or other economic activity during the year in question or a portion thereof;
(j) “equivalent period” means in relation to the territory of the United Kingdom a period for which contributions appropriate to the benefit in question have been credited under the legislation of that State;
(k) “pension”, “allowance” or “benefit” mean a pension, allowance or benefit under the applicable legislation, including all the constituent parts thereof which are financed out of public funds as well as all increases and additional payments;
(l) “old age pension” includes, in relation to the territory of the United Kingdom, a retirement pension under the legislation of that State and, in relation to Sweden, an old age pension in the form of a basic pension or a supplementary pension;
(m) “benefit in respect of childbirth” means, in relation to the territory of the United Kingdom, maternity allowance under the legislation of that State and, in relation to Sweden, parental benefit;
(n) “survivor's benefit” means in relation to the territory of the United Kingdom, widow's allowance, widowed mother's allowance and widow's pension under the legislation of that State;
(o) “orphan's benefit” means, in relation to the territory of the United Kingdom, guardian's allowance and child's special allowance under the legislation of that State and, in relation to Sweden, child's pension under the legislation of Sweden;
(p) “family allowance” includes, in relation to the territory of the United Kingdom, child benefit under the legislation of that State, and in relation to Sweden, general children's allowance under the legislation of that State;
(q) “ship or vessel” means, in relation to the territory of the United Kingdom, any ship or vessel, whose port of registry is a port in that territory or in the case of a hovercraft, which is registered in that territory, or any other ship or vessel of which the owner (or managing owner if there is more than one owner) or manager resides or has his principal place of business in that territory and, in relation to Sweden, any ship or vessel flying the Swedish flag;
(r) “gainfully occupied” means being an employed or self-employed person;
(s) “employed person” means a person who comes within the definition of an employed person or an employed earner or a person who is treated as such in the applicable legislation;
(t) “employment” means employment as an employed person;
(u) “self-employed person” means a person who comes within the definition of a self-employed earner or a person who is treated as such in the applicable legislation;
(v) “social assistance” means, in relation to the territory of the United Kingdom, supple-mentary benefit under the legislation of that State, and, in relation to Sweden, social assistance provided for in Swedish laws.
(2) Other words and expressions which are used in the Convention have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the legislation concerned.
(3) For the purpose of applying those provisions of this Convention which apply to nationals of one or the other State “national” means, in relation to the United Kingdom, any British citizen, British Dependent Territories citizen, British Overseas citizen or British subject.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/590/schedule/paragraph/wrapper5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-sweden-order-1988/schedule/paragraph-wrapper5
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