Article 2
1. Where in the agreement set out in Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Canada) Order 1995(1), there—
(a)are references to a retirement pension, such references shall be altered to include a reference to a state pension under Part 1 (state pension) of the Pensions Act 2014;
(b)is a reference to the legislation to which the agreement applies, such reference shall be altered to include a reference to Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014.
2. In the agreement set out in the Schedule to the Social Security (New Zealand) Order 1983(2)—
(a)in Article 9(2) (United Kingdom retirement pension by virtue of residence in New Zealand), the reference to a basic retirement pension at the full standard rate under the legislation of the United Kingdom shall be altered to include a reference to a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014 payable at the full rate specified in regulations under section 3 of that Act;
(b)in Article 9(3) to (6), the references to a basic retirement pension under the legislation of the United Kingdom shall be altered to include a reference to a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014;
(c)where there is a reference to the legislation to which the agreement applies, such reference shall be altered to include a reference to Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014.
3. The agreements referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be altered so that any references to a specific age in connection with a claim for or entitlement to a pension under the legislation of the United Kingdom shall be treated as references to the United Kingdom pensionable age, which has the meaning given by section 122(1) (interpretation of Parts 1 to 6 and supplementary provisions) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(3).
The definition of “pensionable age” was substituted by paragraph 13A of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995 (c.26).