The Social Security (Malta) Order 1996

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Citation and commencement

3. 2. Modification of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and the Jobseekers Act 1995

4. 3. Revocation and Variation of Orders

5. Signature

6. 1. SCHEDULE

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

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

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

         2. Having established reciprocity in the field of social security by...

         3. Wishing to consolidate the above Conventions into a single document;...

         4. Wishing to extend and modify the scope of that reciprocity...

         5. Have agreed as follows:

      2. PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS

         1. Article 1 Definitions

         2. Article 2 Scope of Legislation

         3. Article 3 Equal Treatment

         4. Article 4 Provisions for the Export of Benefits

      3. PART II PROVISIONS WHICH DETERMINE THE LEGISLATION APPLICABLE CONCERNING CONTRIBUTIONS LIABILITY

         1. Article 5 General Provisions

         2. Article 6 Detached Workers

         3. Article 7 Travelling Personnel

         4. Article 8 Mariners and Others Employed on board a Ship or Vessel

         5. Article 9 Diplomats, Government Servants and Consular Employees

         6. Article 10 Modification Provisions

      4. PART III SPECIAL PROVISIONS

         1. Article 11 Conversion formulae for contributions

      5. PART IV BENEFIT PROVISIONS

         1. SECTION 1 PROVISIONS FOR SICKNESS, INVALIDITY AND UNEMPLOYMENT

            1. Article 12 Sickness Benefit

            2. Article 13 Invalidity Benefit under the legislation of Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man

            3. Article 14 Invalidity Benefit under the legislation of Guernsey

            4. Article 15 Insurance periods of less than one qualifying or reckonable year

            5. Article 16 Invalidity Benefit under the legislation of Malta

            6. Article 17 Unemployment Benefit

         2. SECTION 2 RETIREMENT PENSION AND WIDOW’S BENEFIT

            1. Article 18 General Provisions

         3. SECTION 3 PRO-RATA PENSIONS

            1. Article 19 General Provisions

            2. Article 20 Insurance periods to be taken into account

            3. Article 21 Overlapping periods

            4. Article 22 Benefits to be excluded

            5. Article 23 Pre-Scheme Contributions

            6. Article 24 Non-Simultaneous Entitlement

            7. Article 25 Widow’s Benefit

         4. SECTION 4 BENEFITS FOR INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AND INDUSTRIAL DISEASES

            1. Article 26 General Provisions

            2. Article 27 Dual Attribution and Aggravation of an Industrial Disease

            3. Article 28 Dual Entitlement

         5. SECTION 5

            1. Article 29 Orphan’s Benefit

         6. SECTION 6

            1. Article 30 Recovery of advance payments and overpayments of benefit

      6. PART V MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

         1. Article 31 Arrangements for administration and co-operation

         2. Article 32 Submission of Claim or Appeal

         3. Article 33 Currency and Method of Payment

         4. Article 34 Resolution of Disputes

      7. PART VI TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

         1. Article 35 Prior Acquisition of Rights—Old Convention Replaced by New Convention

         2. Article 36 Ratification

         3. Article 37 Life of the Convention

         4. Article 38 Rights on termination of this Convention not replaced by another

7. Explanatory Note