The Social Security (Sweden) Order 1988

Article 31 U.K.

(1) Any claim, notice or appeal which should, for the purposes of the legislation of one State, have been submitted within a prescribed period of time to the insurance authority or the competent authority at the proper time of that State, shall be treated as if it had been submitted to that insurance authority or competent authority at the proper time if it is submitted within the same period of time to an insurance authority or competent authority of the other State.

(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this Article any claim for benefit submitted under the legislation of one State shall be deemed to be a claim for the corresponding benefit under the legislation of the other State in so far as this corresponding benefit is payable in accordance with the provisions of the present Convention.

(3) Where a claim for old age pension is made under the legislation of the territory of the United Kingdom the provisions of paragraph (2) of this Article shall not apply in respect of old age pension under the legislation of Sweden, if the applicant states that the application refers solely to pension benefit under the legislation of the territory of the United Kingdom.

(4) Any document submitted for the purposes of the legislation of Sweden may, where appropriate, be treated as a notice of retirement given under the legislation of the United Kingdom.

(5) In a case to which the provisions of paragraph (1), (2) or (4) of this Article apply the authority to which the claim, notice, appeal or document has been submitted shall transmit it without delay to the insurance authority of the other State.