The Social Security Coordination (Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 and Council Regulation (EC) No 859/2003) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

24.  In Article 45—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “a Member State” substitute “the United Kingdom”;

(ii) for “that Member State” substitute “the United Kingdom”;

(iii) for “other Member State” substitute “Member State”;

(iv) for “its own legislation” substitute “the legislation of the United Kingdom”;

(b) in paragraphs 2 and 3—

(i) for “a Member State” substitute “the United Kingdom”;

(ii) for “other Member States” substitute “Member States”;

(c) in paragraph 4—

(i) for “another Member State” substitute “the United Kingdom”;

(ii) for “latter State” substitute “United Kingdom”;

(d) in paragraph 5—

(i) for “a Member State” substitute “the United Kingdom”;

(ii) for “another Member State” substitute “a Member State”;

(e) for paragraph 6—

“6.   Where a worker to whom the first sentence of Article 71(1)(a)(ii) or (b)(ii) applies resides in the United Kingdom, a period of full employment shall be taken into account by the competent institution in the United Kingdom in accordance with the legislation of the United Kingdom, as if that legislation applied to him during his last employment.

Where the legislation of the United Kingdom provides for deduction of contributions payable by unemployed persons to cover old age pensions and death, the competent institution in the United Kingdom shall be authorised to make such deductions in accordance with the provisions of the legislation of the United Kingdom.

If the legislation of the United Kingdom provides that the period of full unemployment in the United Kingdom can be taken into account only if contribution periods have been completed in the United Kingdom, this condition shall be deemed to be fulfilled if the contribution periods have been completed in a Member State.”.