
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Turkey) Order, 1961.
(2) The Interpretation Act, 1889 , applies to the interpretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
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The provisions contained in the Convention shall have full force and effect, so far as the same relate to England, Wales and Scotland and provide by way of agreement with the Government of the Republic of Turkey for reciprocity in any matters specified in either subsection (1) of section 64 of the National Insurance Act, 1946, or subsection (1) of section 85 of the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act, 1946 ; and the National Insurance Acts, 1946 to 1960, and the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Acts, 1946 to 1960, shall have effect subject to such modifications as may be required therein for the purpose of giving effect to any such provisions.
W. G. Agnew.

SCHEDULE
The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
		Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Turkey,
Being resolved to co-operate in the social field,
Affirming the principle that the nationals of one Contracting Party
		should receive under the social insurance legislation of the other equal
		treatment with the nationals of the latter,
Desirous of giving effect to this principle and of making arrangements
		enabling their nationals who go from the territory of one Party to the
		territory of the other either to keep the rights which they have
		acquired under the legislation of the former Party or to enjoy
		corresponding rights under the legislation of the latter,
Desirous further of making arrangements for insurance periods
		completed under the legislation of the two Parties to be added together
		for the purpose of determining the right to receive benefit.
Have agreed as follows: 

PART I
For the purpose of the present Convention, unless the context
                                    otherwise requires 
(1) territory  means, in
                                            relation to the United Kingdom, England, Scotland,
                                            Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man, and, in
                                            relation to Turkey, its national territory;
(2) national  means, in
                                            relation to the United Kingdom, a citizen of the United
                                            Kingdom and Colonies, and, in relation to Turkey, a
                                            person having Turkish nationality;
(3) legislation 
                                            means, according to the context, the legislation
                                            specified in Article 2 in force in any part of the
                                            territory of one (or the other) Contracting
                                            Party;
(4) competent
                                                authority  means, in relation to the United
                                            Kingdom, the Minister of Pensions and National
                                            Insurance, the Ministry of Labour and National Insurance
                                            for Northern Ireland, and the Isle of Man Board of
                                            Social Services as the case may require, and, in
                                            relation to Turkey, the Ministry of Labour;
(5) social
                                                insurance authority  means, in relation to
                                            the United Kingdom, the Minister of Pensions and
                                            National Insurance, the Ministry of Labour and National
                                            Insurance for Northern Ireland, or the Isle of Man Board
                                            of Social Services, as the case may require, and, in
                                            relation to Turkey, the Workers' Insurance
                                            Institution;
(6) employed
                                                person  means a person who comes within the
                                            definition of an employed person (or a person who is
                                            treated as an employed person) in the legislation which
                                            is being applied;
(7) dependant  means, in
                                            relation to the United Kingdom, a person who would be
                                            treated as such for the purpose of any claim to receive
                                            an additional allowance, under the legislation of the
                                            United Kingdom, and, in relation to Turkey, a person who
                                            comes within the definition of a dependant in the
                                            legislation of Turkey;
(8) insurance
                                                period  means, in relation to one (or the
                                            other) Party, a period during which a person is insured
                                            under the legislation of that Party;
(9) contribution
                                                period  means, in relation to one (or the
                                            other) Party, an insurance period in respect of which
                                            contributions, appropriate to the benefit in question,
                                            have been paid under the legislation of that
                                            Party;
(10) equivalent
                                                period  means, in relation to the United
                                            Kingdom, an insurance period in respect of which
                                            contributions, appropriate to the benefit in question,
                                            have been credited under the legislation of the United
                                            Kingdom, and, in relation to Turkey, an insurance period
                                            during which the insured person was incapable of
                                            work;
(11) the words  benefit  and
                                                 pension  include any
                                            increase in the benefit or pension and any additional
                                            allowances payable therewith;
(12) sickness
                                                benefit  means, in relation to the United
                                            Kingdom, sickness benefit as defined in the legislation
                                            of the United Kingdom, other than invalidity pension,
                                            and, in relation to Turkey, sickness benefit as defined
                                            in the legislation of Turkey;
(13) invalidity
                                                pension  means, in relation to the United
                                            Kingdom, sickness benefit as defined in the legislation
                                            of the United Kingdom which becomes payable to a person
                                            in respect of a period of interruption of employment as
                                            defined in that legislation after the lapse in that
                                            period of three hundred and twelve days for each of
                                            which he has been entitled to receive either sickness
                                            benefit under the legislation of one (or the other)
                                            Party or an invalidity pension under the legislation of
                                            Turkey, and, in relation to Turkey, an invalidity
                                            pension as defined in the legislation of Turkey;
(14) widow's
                                            benefit  means, in relation to the United
                                            Kingdom, widow's allowance, widowed mother's allowance,
                                            widow's pension and widow's basic pension, as defined in
                                            the legislation of the United Kingdom, and, in relation
                                            to Turkey, any benefit paid under the legislation of
                                            Turkey concerning survivors' insurance to a widow or the
                                            child of a widow;
(15) orphan's
                                                benefit  means, in relation to the United
                                            Kingdom, guardian's allowance as defined in the
                                            legislation of the United Kingdom, and, in relation to
                                            Turkey, any benefit paid under the legislation of Turkey
                                            concerning survivors' insurance to a child whose father
                                            and mother are dead;
(16) old age
                                                pension  means, in relation to the United
                                            Kingdom, an old age pension or retirement pension as
                                            defined in the legislation of the United Kingdom, and,
                                            in relation to Turkey, an old age pension as defined in
                                            the legislation of Turkey;
(17) death benefit 
                                            means, in relation to the United Kingdom, a death grant
                                            as defined in the legislation of the United Kingdom,
                                            and, in relation to Turkey, benefit granted under the
                                            legislation of Turkey for funeral expenses.

(1) The provisions of the present Convention shall
                                        apply 
(a) in relation to the United Kingdom, to 
(i) the National Insurance Act, 1946, the
                                                  National Insurance Act (Northern Ireland), 1946,
                                                  the National Insurance (Isle of Man) Act, 1948,
                                                  and the legislation in force before the 5th July,
                                                  1948, which was replaced by those Acts;
(ii) the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries)
                                                  Act, 1946, the National Insurance (Industrial
                                                  Injuries) Act (Northern Ireland), 1946, and the
                                                  National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) (Isle of
                                                  Man) Act, 1948;
(b) in relation to Turkey, to 
(i) the Industrial Injuries, Industrial Diseases
                                                  and Maternity Insurances Act (No. 4772);
(ii) the Sickness and Maternity Insurance Act
                                                  (No. 5502); and
(iii) the Invalidity, Old Age and Survivors'
                                                  Insurances Act (No. 6900).
(2) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) of
                                        this Article, the Convention shall apply also to any
                                        legislation which amends, supplements or consolidates the
                                        legislation specified in paragraph (1) of this
                                        Article.
(3) The Convention shall not apply to any legislation which
                                        relates to a new branch of social insurance, if either
                                        Contracting Party so decides and gives notice to the other
                                        to that effect within three months of the official
                                        communication of the said legislation in accordance with
                                        Article 30 of the Convention.
(4) The Convention shall apply, only if the Parties so decide,
                                        to any legislation which amends or supplements the
                                        legislation specified in paragraph (1) of this Article for
                                        the purpose of giving effect to a reciprocal agreement on
                                        social security which one (or the other) Party has made with
                                        a third Party.
PART II
A national of one Contracting Party shall be entitled to
                                    receive the benefits of the legislation of the other Party under
                                    the same conditions as if he were a national of the latter
                                    Party.

(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2), (3) and (4)
                                        of this Article, where a national of either Contracting
                                        Party is employed in the territory of one Party, the
                                        legislation of that Party shall apply to him, even if he is
                                        ordinarily resident in the territory of the other Party, and
                                        even if his employer or the principal place of business of
                                        the undertaking which employs him is in the latter
                                        territory.
(2) If a person, in the service of an employer whose principal
                                        place of business is in the territory of one Party, is sent
                                        in the course of his employment to work temporarily in the
                                        territory of the other Party, and is not a national of the
                                        latter Party nor ordinarily resident in its territory, then
                                        the legislation of the former Party shall apply to him as if
                                        he were employed in the territory of that Party, and the
                                        legislation of the latter Party shall not apply to
                                        him.
(3) If a national of the United Kingdom who is ordinarily
                                        resident in the territory of the United Kingdom is employed
                                        in the territory of Turkey, and the provisions of paragraph
                                        (2) of this Article do not apply to him, the legislation of
                                        Turkey concerning invalidity, old age and survivors'
                                        insurance shall not apply to him unless he so chooses and
                                        gives notice to that effect to the social insurance
                                        authority of Turkey. He shall also be entitled to choose
                                        that the legislation of the United Kingdom shall apply to
                                        him, and, if he so chooses, that legislation shall apply to
                                        him as if he were an insured person entitled to pay
                                        voluntary contributions from abroad.
(4) None of the provisions of this Article shall apply to any
                                        person to whom any of the provisions of Articles 5 and 6 of
                                        the present Convention apply.
(1) For the purpose of this Article,  vessel or aircraft of one (or the other) Party 
                                        means, according to the context 
(a) a vessel registered in the territory of the United
                                                Kingdom, or any other British 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, or an aircraft
                                                registered in that territory of which the owner (or
                                                managing owner, if there is more than one owner)
                                                resides or has his principal place of business in
                                                that territory, or
(b) a vessel which is within the scope of the Turkish
                                                legislation concerning employment at sea or an
                                                aircraft registered in the territory of
                                                Turkey.
(2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this
                                        Article, where a national of either Contracting Party,
                                        ordinarily resident in the territory of one Party, is
                                        employed on board any vessel or aircraft of the other Party,
                                        the legislation of the latter Party shall apply to him as if
                                        any conditions relating to nationality, residence or
                                        domicile were satisfied in his case.
(3) Where a national of either Party, ordinarily resident in
                                        the territory of one Party and employed on board any vessel
                                        of the other Party, is paid remuneration in respect of that
                                        employment by some person or undertaking having a place of
                                        business in the territory of the former Party and not the
                                        owner of the vessel, the legislation of the former Party
                                        shall, in respect of that employment, apply to the national
                                        as if the vessel were a vessel of the former Party, and the
                                        person or undertaking paying said remuneration shall be
                                        treated as the employer for the purposes of such
                                        legislation.
(1) The present Convention shall not apply to established
                                        members of the Foreign Service of either Contracting
                                        Party.
(2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this
                                        Article, where a national of one Party, who is in the
                                        Government service of that Party, is employed in the
                                        territory of the other Party and was compulsorily insured
                                        under the legislation of the former Party immediately before
                                        that employment in the territory of the latter Party began,
                                        that legislation shall apply to him as if he were employed
                                        in the territory of the former Party.
(3) Where a national of either Party, to whom the provisions
                                        of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article do not apply, is
                                        employed in a diplomatic or consular post of one Party in
                                        the territory of the other Party, he shall be entitled to
                                        choose that the legislation of the Party of which he is a
                                        national shall apply to him, and, if he so chooses and is a
                                        national of the former Party, the legislation of that Party
                                        shall apply to him as if he were employed in the territory
                                        of that Party.
Where a person is employed in the territory of one Contracting
                                    Party and the legislation of the other Party applies to him in
                                    accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 4 or
                                    of paragraph (2) or (3) of Article 6 of the present Convention,
                                    he shall, for the purpose of any right to receive cash benefit
                                    for sickness, maternity, industrial accident or disease under
                                    that legislation, be treated 
(a) in respect of sickness and maternity benefit, as if he
                                            were in the territory of the latter Party, and
(b) in respect of benefit for an industrial accident
                                            occurring or an industrial disease contracted during
                                            such employment, as if the accident had occurred or the
                                            disease had been contracted in the territory of the
                                            latter Party.

The competent authorities of the two Contracting Parties may
                                    agree that the provisions of Articles 4, 5 and 6 of the present
                                    Convention shall not apply to particular persons or groups of
                                    persons.

Where a person, who is ordinarily resident in the territory of
                                    one Contracting Party but is not compulsorily insured under its
                                    legislation, claims the right to be voluntarily insured under
                                    that legislation, any insurance period or contribution period
                                    completed under the legislation of the other Party shall be
                                    treated for the purpose of such claim as if it had been
                                    completed under the legislation of the former Party.

PART III
A person who has completed a contribution period under the
                                        legislation of one Contracting Party shall be entitled to
                                        receive the benefit provided under the legislation of the
                                        other Party for sickness, maternity and death, provided
                                        that 
(a) he has, since his last arrival in the territory of
                                                the latter Party, begun a contribution period under
                                                the legislation of that Party;
(b) he satisfies the conditions laid down by the
                                                legislation of the latter Party; and for this
                                                purpose any contribution period completed under the
                                                legislation of the former Party shall be treated,
                                                subject to the provisions of Article 25 of the
                                                present Convention, as if it had been completed
                                                under the legislation of the latter Party;
(c) in the case of maternity, the benefit shall be
                                                provided under the legislation under which the woman
                                                or, if it is claimed by virtue of her husband's
                                                insurance, her husband is paying contributions at
                                                the time when the claim is made or was last paying
                                                contributions before that time.

Where a woman is insured under the legislation of one
                                        Contracting Party or is the wife of a person so insured and
                                        is in, or is confined in, the territory of the other Party,
                                        she shall, for the purpose of any claim to receive maternity
                                        allowance or maternity grant under the legislation of the
                                        former Party, be treated as if she were in, or had been
                                        confined in, the territory of the former Party.

Where a person would be entitled to receive sickness
                                        benefit under the legislation of one Contracting Party if he
                                        were in the territory of that Party, he shall, subject to
                                        the approval of the insurance authority of that Party, she
                                        entitled to receive that benefit, while he is in the
                                        territory of the other Party, for such period as that
                                        authority may determine.

(1) If a person dies in the territory of one Contracting
                                            Party, his death shall, for the purpose of any claim to
                                            receive death benefit under the legislation of the other
                                            Party, be treated as if it had occurred in the territory
                                            of the latter Parly.
(2) Where a person, who is in. the territory of one Party,
                                            claims death benefit under the legislation of the other
                                            Party, he shall be treated as if he were in the
                                            territory of the latter Party.
(1) Subject to the provisions of Article 16, where a
                                            person submits a claim to receive an old age pension by
                                            virtue of insurance under the legislation of both
                                            Contracting Parties, his claim shall be determined in
                                            accordance with the provisions of the succeeding
                                            paragraphs of this Article.
(2) The social insurance authority of each Party shall
                                            determine, in accordance with the legislation of that
                                            Party, whether the person satisfies the conditions for
                                            receiving an old age pension under that legislation, and
                                            for this purpose shall take account, subject to the
                                            provisions of Article 25 of the present Convention, of
                                            all the insurance periods, contribution periods and
                                            equivalent periods completed by him under the
                                            legislation of the two Parties as if they had been
                                            completed under its own national legislation.
(3) Where the right to receive a pension is established in
                                            accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) of this
                                            Article, the social insurance authority of each Party
                                            shall calculate 
(a) the pension which would have been due to the
                                                  person under its own national legislation if all
                                                  the insurance periods, contribution periods and
                                                  equivalent periods completed by him under the
                                                  legislation of both Parties, calculated in
                                                  accordance with the provisions of Article 25, had
                                                  been completed under its own national legislation,
                                                  and
(b) that part of such pension which bears the same
                                                  relation to the whole as the total of all the
                                                  contribution periods completed by the person under
                                                  its own national legislation bears to the total of
                                                  all the contribution periods completed by him
                                                  under the legislation of both Parties.
The part thus calculated shall be the pension actually
                                            due to the person from the social insurance authority
                                            concerned.
(4) Where the total of all the contribution periods
                                            completed by a person under the legislation of one (or
                                            the other) Party is less than six months, no pension
                                            shall be paid under the legislation of that
                                            Party.
(5) For the purpose of applying this Article, an insurance
                                            period, contribution period or equivalent period
                                            completed by a person shall be deemed to include an
                                            insurance period, contribution period or equivalent
                                            period completed by the person's husband in those cases
                                            where the person concerned is a woman claiming an old
                                            age pension by virtue of her husband's insurance or a
                                            woman claiming an old age pension by virtue of her own
                                            insurance who has chosen to have her husband's
                                            contributions taken into account.
Where a person does not simultaneously satisfy the
                                        conditions laid down by the legislation of both Contracting
                                        Parties, his right to receive a pension under the
                                        legislation of each Party shall be established and extended
                                        as and when he satisfies the conditions laid down by the
                                        legislation of that Party, account being taken of the
                                        provisions of Article 14.

(1) A person may, at the time when his right to receive a
                                            pension is established, choose not to take advantage of
                                            the provisions of Article 14 of the present Convention.
                                            In that case the old age pension which he is entitled to
                                            receive under the legislation of each Contracting Party
                                            shall be paid to him separately by its social insurance
                                            authority without regard to his insurance under the
                                            legislation of the other Party.
(2) The pensioner shall be entitled to make a fresh choice
                                            between taking advantage of the provisions of Article 14
                                            and those of this Article, if it is in his interest to
                                            do so, either when the legislation of either Party is
                                            amended, or when he goes from the territory of one Party
                                            to that of the other, or when, in accordance with the
                                            provisions of Article 15 or otherwise, his right to
                                            receive a pension is established or extended under the
                                            legislation of either Party.
Where, under the legislation of one Contracting Party, a
                                        person would be entitled to receive an old age pension if he
                                        were in the territory of that Party, he shall be entitled to
                                        receive that pension while he is in the territory of the
                                        other Party.

The provisions concerning old age pensions contained in
                                        paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) of Article 14 of the present
                                        Convention shall apply to invalidity pensions, subject to
                                        such modifications as the differing nature of the pensions
                                        shall require.

Where a person is in the territory of one Contracting
                                        Party and, in accordance with the provisions of Article 18
                                        of the present Convention, is entitled to receive an
                                        invalidity pension under the legislation of that Party and
                                        would be entitled to receive also an invalidity pension
                                        under the legislation of the other Party if he were in its
                                        territory, he shall be entitled to receive the latter
                                        pension as well as the former; and in addition the insurance
                                        authority of the former Party shall pay him the amount, if
                                        any, by which the total of these two pensions is less than
                                        the pension which he would be entitled to receive under the
                                        legislation of the former Party if the provisions of Article
                                        18 were not applied in his case.

(1) Where a person is in the territory of one Contracting
                                            Party and is not entitled, in accordance with the
                                            provisions of Articles 18 and 19 of the present
                                            Convention, to receive invalidity pensions under the
                                            legislation of both Parties, the insurance authority of
                                            the Party in whose territory he is shall, subject to the
                                            provisions of paragraph (2) of this Article, pay him the
                                            invalidity pension which he would be entitled to receive
                                            under its national legislation if the provisions of
                                            Article 18 were not applied in his case. If he goes to
                                            the territory of the other Party, the insurance
                                            authority of the former Party shall continue to pay him
                                            the said invalidity pension provided that his illness is
                                            declared to be chronic before he leaves the territory of
                                            the former Party.
(2) Where an invalidity pension is being paid under the
                                            legislation of one Party, in accordance with the
                                            provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article, it shall be
                                            replaced by pensions payable in accordance with the
                                            provisions of Articles 18 and 19 as soon as the person
                                            concerned satisfies the conditions of the legislation of
                                            the other Party, account being taken of those
                                            provisions.
The provisions concerning old age pensions contained in
                                        Articles 14, 15, 16 and 17 of the present Convention, shall
                                        apply to widow's benefit, and the provisions concerning
                                        invalidity pensions contained in Articles 18 and 19 shall
                                        apply to orphan's benefit subject to such modifications in
                                        each case as the differing nature of the benefit shall
                                        require.

(1) Where a person would be entitled, if he were in the
                                            territory of one Contracting Party, to receive any
                                            benefit under the legislation of that Party in respect
                                            of an industrial injury or disease, he shall be entitled
                                            to receive that benefit while he is in the territory of
                                            the other Party.
(2) Where a person would be entitled, if he were in the
                                            territory of one Party, to receive any benefit under the
                                            legislation of that Party in respect of a death due to
                                            an industrial injury or disease, he shall be entitled to
                                            receive that benefit while he is in the territory of the
                                            other Party.
In assessing, for the purpose of the legislation of one
                                        Contracting Party, the degree of disablement due to an
                                        industrial accident, any previous industrial accident for
                                        which benefit is payable under the legislation of the other
                                        Party shall be treated as if it were an industrial accident
                                        covered by the legislation of the former Party.

Where a person, who has received benefit for an industrial
                                        disease under the legislation of one Contracting Party,
                                        afterwards claims benefit for an industrial disease of the
                                        same kind under the legislation of the other Party, the
                                        social insurance authority of the latter Party shall be
                                        responsible for obtaining evidence concerning the benefit
                                        granted under the legislation of the former Party, and, for
                                        the purpose of determining whether the person is entitled to
                                        receive benefit under the legislation of the latter Party,
                                        and, if so, for the purpose of determining the amount of
                                        that benefit, that authority shall take account of the
                                        benefit granted under the legislation of the former Party as
                                        if it had been granted under the legislation of the latter
                                        Party.

(1) In applying the provisions of Articles 10 and 14 of
                                            the present Convention concerning the adding together of
                                            insurance periods, contribution periods and equivalent
                                            periods for the purpose of establishing the right to
                                            receive benefit, the social insurance authority of each
                                            Contracting Party, having regard to the relevant
                                            provisions of the legislation of that Party, shall add
                                            to any insurance periods, contribution periods and
                                            equivalent periods completed under that legislation any
                                            insurance periods, contribution periods and equivalent
                                            periods completed under the legislation of the other
                                            Party, except to the extent that the latter coincide
                                            with the former.
(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article shall
                                            be applied in accordance with the following
                                            rules 
(a) where a contribution period completed
                                                  compulsorily under the legislation of one Party
                                                  coincides with a contribution period completed
                                                  voluntarily under the legislation of the other,
                                                  only the former period shall be taken into
                                                  account;
(b) where a contribution period completed under
                                                  the legislation of one Party coincides with an
                                                  equivalent period completed under the legislation
                                                  of the other, only the former period shall be
                                                  taken into account.
Where, under the legislation of either Contracting Party,
                                        the amount of any cash benefit is related to the average
                                        wage earned during contribution periods, the average wage to
                                        be taken into account for the calculation of the benefit due
                                        to be paid under that legislation shall be calculated on the
                                        basis of the wages earned during the contribution periods
                                        actually completed under that legislation.

(1) Where, under the provisions of this Part of the
                                            present Convention, any cash benefit is payable by the
                                            social insurance authority of one Contracting Party to a
                                            person who is resident in the territory of the other
                                            Party, the payment may, at the request of that
                                            authority, be made by the social insurance authority of
                                            the latter Party as agent for the authority of the
                                            former Party.
(2) Where, during any period fixed by agreement between
                                            the insurance authorities of the two Parties, the total
                                            amount of all the payments made in accordance with the
                                            provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article by the
                                            authorities of one Party is greater than the total
                                            amount so paid by the authorities of the other Party,
                                            the authorities of the former Party shall not make any
                                            payment by way of reimbursement to the authorities of
                                            the latter Party but shall be entitled to receive the
                                            difference between the two total amounts, calculated by
                                            reference to the rate of exchange current at the end of
                                            that period.
(1) Where a person is entitled to receive benefit under
                                            the legislation of one Contracting Party, and would be
                                            entitled to receive an increase of that benefit for a
                                            dependant if the dependant were in the territory of that
                                            Party, he shall be entitled to receive that increase
                                            while the dependant is in the territory of the other
                                            Party.
(2) Where a person would be entitled, under the
                                            legislation of the United Kingdom, to receive widow's
                                            benefit or benefit in respect of a death due to an
                                            industrial injury or disease if a child were in the
                                            territory of the United Kingdom or had been in that
                                            territory at the time when one of his parents died or at
                                            any other specified time, he shall be entitled to
                                            receive that benefit if the child, as the case may be,
                                            is in the territory of Turkey or was in that territory
                                            at that time.
Subject to the provisions of Articles 16 and 20 of the
                                        present Convention, any person claiming benefit under the
                                        legislation of either Contracting Party may choose to have
                                        his claim settled without regard to the provisions of the
                                        present Convention.

PART IV
The competent authorities 
(a) shall make such administrative arrangements as may be
                                            required for the application of the present
                                            Convention;
(b) shall communicate to each other information regarding
                                            any measure taken toy them for the application of the
                                            Convention;
(c) shall communicate to each other, as soon as possible,
                                            information regarding any change made under their
                                            national legislation which affects the application of
                                            the Convention.

(1) The competent authorities and the social insurance
                                        authorities of the two Contracting Parties shall furnish
                                        assistance to one another with regard to any matter relating
                                        to the application of the present Convention as if the
                                        matter were one affecting the application of their own
                                        national legislation.
(2) The competent authorities shall, in particular, agree upon
                                        the measures to be adopted for the medical and
                                        administrative supervision of persons entitled to benefit by
                                        virtue of the present Convention.
(1) Any exemption from, or reduction of, legal dues, charges
                                        and fees, provided for in the legislation of one Contracting
                                        Party in connexion with the issue of any certificate or
                                        document required to be produced for the purposes of that
                                        legislation, shall toe extended to certificates and
                                        documents required to be produced for the purposes of the
                                        legislation of the other Party.
(2) Where any certificate or other document has to be produced
                                        to the competent authority or social insurance authority of
                                        one (or the other) Party for the purpose of applying the
                                        present Convention, that authority shall not require the
                                        certificate or other document to be legalised or
                                        authenticated.
Any claim, notice or appeal which should, for the purposes of
                                    the legislation of one Contracting Party, have been presented
                                    within a prescribed period to the social insurance authority of
                                    that Party, but which is in fact presented within the same
                                    period to the social insurance authority of the other Party,
                                    shall be treated as if it had been presented to the social
                                    authority of the former Party. In such cases, the social
                                    authority of the latter Party shall, as soon as possible,
                                    transmit the claim, notice or appeal to the social security
                                    authority of the former Party.

The social insurance authorities of the Contracting Parties
                                    may, for the purpose of applying the present Convention,
                                    correspond directly with one another, or with any person
                                    entitled to receive any benefit by virtue of the Convention, or
                                    with his legal representative.

The amount of any benefit due in accordance with the
                                    provisions of the present Convention shall be calculated in the
                                    currency of the Contracting Party whose social insurance
                                    authority is responsible for such benefit.

(1) No provision of the present Convention shall confer any
                                        right to receive any payment of benefit for a period before
                                        the date of the entry into force of the Convention.
(2) 
  (a) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this
                                                Article, benefit, other than lump sum payments,
                                                shall be payable in accordance with the provisions
                                                of the Convention in respect of events which
                                                happened before the date of its entry into force,
                                                and for this purpose 
(i) any benefit which has not been awarded
                                                  because the person concerned has not made a claim
                                                  or is absent from the territory of either Party
                                                  shall be determined and paid;
(ii) any benefit which has been suspended because
                                                  the person concerned is absent from the territory
                                                  of either Party shall be paid;
(iii) any benefit which has been determined shall,
                                                  where necessary, be determined afresh, provided
                                                  that its capital value has not been
                                                  liquidated.
(b) Any benefit which is payable in accordance with
                                                the provisions of sub-paragraph (a) of this
                                                paragraph shall be paid or determined and paid, as
                                                the case may be, as from the date of the entry into
                                                force of the Convention, provided that the claim
                                                therefore is submitted within twelve months of that
                                                date.
(3) Any insurance period, contribution period or equivalent
                                        period which a person has completed before the date of the
                                        entry into force of the Convention shall be taken into
                                        account for the purpose of determining the right to receive
                                        benefit in accordance with the provisions of the
                                        Convention:Provided that 
(a) for the purpose of applying the provisions of
                                                Article 14 of the Convention, no account shall he
                                                taken of any insurance period completed by a person
                                                under the legislation of the United Kingdom if that
                                                period is ignored in the calculation of the yearly
                                                average of contributions paid by that person or
                                                credited to him under that legislation;
(b) for the purpose of any claim to receive benefit
                                                under the legislation of Turkey, no account shall be
                                                taken of any insurance period completed under the
                                                legislation of the United Kingdom before the 1st
                                                April, 1950.
(1) The competent authorities of the Contracting Parties shall
                                        endeavour to resolve by negotiation any disagreement
                                        relating to the interpretation or application of the present
                                        Convention.
(2) If any such disagreement has not been resolved by
                                        negotiation within a period of three months, the
                                        disagreement shall be submitted to arbitration by an
                                        arbitral body whose composition and procedure shall be
                                        agreed upon by the Contracting Parties, or, in default of
                                        such agreement within a further period of three months, by
                                        an arbitrator chosen at the request of either Party by the
                                        President of the International Court of Justice.
(3) The decision of the arbitral body, or arbitrator, as the
                                        case may be, shall be made in accordance with the principles
                                        and spirit of the present Convention and shall be final and
                                        binding.
In the event of the termination of the present Convention, any
                                    right acquired by a person in accordance with its provisions
                                    shall be maintained, and negotiations shall take place for the
                                    settlement of any rights then in course of acquisition by virtue
                                    of those provisions.

The present Convention shall be ratified and the instruments
                                    of ratification shall be exchanged in London as soon as
                                    possible. The Convention shall enter into force on the first day
                                    of the third month following the month in which the instruments
                                    of ratification are exchanged.

The present Convention shall remain in force for a period of
                                    one year from the date of its entry into force. Thereafter it
                                    shall continue in force from year to year unless it is denounced
                                    in writing three months before the expiry of any such yearly
                                    period.
