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(1)For the purpose of giving effect to any agreement with the government of a country outside the United Kingdom providing for reciprocity in matters relating to—
(a)payments in respect of interruption of employment by unemployment, sickness or otherwise ;
(b)payments in respect of the need of handicapped persons for attendance, the confinement of women, widowhood, orphanhood, retirement, old age, or death; or
(c)the payment of compensation or benefit to employed persons in respect of industrial or similar injuries,
Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for modifying or adapting this Act in its application to cases affected by the agreement.
(2)The modifications of this Act which may be made by virtue of subsection (1) above include provision—
(a)for securing that acts, omissions and events having any effect for the purposes of the law of the country in respect of which the agreement is made have a corresponding effect for the purposes of this Act (but not so as to confer a right to double benefit);
(b)for determining, in cases where rights accrue both under this Act and under the law of that country, which of those rights is to be available to the person concerned ;
(c)for making any necessary financial adjustments.
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