Introductory Text
1. Citation and commencement
2. Modification of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and the Jobseekers Act 1995
3. Revocation and Variation of Orders
Signature

SCHEDULE
CONVENTION ON SOCIAL SECURITY BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF MALTA

The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and...

The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and...
Having established reciprocity in the field of social security by...
Wishing to consolidate the above Conventions into a single document;...
Wishing to extend and modify the scope of that reciprocity...
Have agreed as follows:

PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 Definitions
Article 2 Scope of Legislation
Article 3 Equal Treatment
Article 4 Provisions for the Export of Benefits

PART II PROVISIONS WHICH DETERMINE THE LEGISLATION APPLICABLE CONCERNING CONTRIBUTIONS LIABILITY

Article 5 General Provisions
Article 6 Detached Workers
Article 7 Travelling Personnel
Article 8 Mariners and Others Employed on board a Ship or Vessel
Article 9 Diplomats, Government Servants and Consular Employees
Article 10 Modification Provisions

PART III SPECIAL PROVISIONS
Article 11 Conversion formulae for contributions

PART IV BENEFIT PROVISIONS

SECTION 1
PROVISIONS FOR SICKNESS, INVALIDITY AND UNEMPLOYMENT

Article 12 Sickness Benefit
Article 13 Invalidity Benefit under the legislation of Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man
Article 14 Invalidity Benefit under the legislation of Guernsey
Article 15 Insurance periods of less than one qualifying or reckonable year
Article 16 Invalidity Benefit under the legislation of Malta
Article 17 Unemployment Benefit

SECTION 2
RETIREMENT PENSION AND WIDOW’S BENEFIT
Article 18 General Provisions

SECTION 3
PRO-RATA PENSIONS

Article 19 General Provisions
Article 20 Insurance periods to be taken into account
Article 21 Overlapping periods
Article 22 Benefits to be excluded
Article 23 Pre-Scheme Contributions
Article 24 Non-Simultaneous Entitlement
Article 25 Widow’s Benefit

SECTION 4
BENEFITS FOR INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AND INDUSTRIAL DISEASES

Article 26 General Provisions
Article 27 Dual Attribution and Aggravation of an Industrial Disease
Article 28 Dual Entitlement

SECTION 5
Article 29 Orphan’s Benefit

SECTION 6
Article 30 Recovery of advance payments and overpayments of benefit

PART V MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Article 31 Arrangements for administration and co-operation
Article 32 Submission of Claim or Appeal
Article 33 Currency and Method of Payment
Article 34 Resolution of Disputes

PART VI TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 35 Prior Acquisition of Rights—Old Convention Replaced by New Convention
Article 36 Ratification
Article 37 Life of the Convention
Article 38 Rights on termination of this Convention not replaced by another

Explanatory Note