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- Where a claim to benefit under the provisions of Articles 18, 19 and 24 of the Convention is received by the competent authority, the competent institution or the liaison offices of one Party and it appears that there may be entitlement to benefit under the legislation of the other Party, details of the claim and all relevant information will be passed to other interested competent authorities or competent institutions or the liaison offices, as follows:
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- (i)Where the claim is made to one of the competent authorities in the United Kingdom that competent authority will;
- a)send two copies of the appropriate liaison form to the competent institution or liaison office in the Netherlands,or,
- b)liaise with any competent authority in the United Kingdom under whose legislation the claimant has been insured.The latter competent authority shall send two copies of the appropriate liaison form to the competent institution or the liaison office in the Netherlands.The competent institution or the liaison office in the Netherlands will return one copy of the liaison forms which it receives to the competent authority which issued the form.
- (ii)Where the claim is made to the competent institution or the liaison office in the Netherlands that competent institution or liaison office will;
- a)send two copies of the appropriate liaison form to each of the liaison offices or the competent authorities in the United Kingdom with which the claimant has been insured,
- b)where necessary, each of liaison offices or the competent authorities in the United Kingdom shall liaise to exchange insurance records.
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- Information on liaison forms about the claimant, the insured person and any dependants will, where necessary, be verified by the issuing competent authority or competent institution.
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- The competent authorities or competent institutions of each Party will thereafter notify each other of any fact relevant to the determination of the claim and to the continuation of the right to the benefit.
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- The decision on a pension claim will be sent direct to the claimant by the competent authority, or the liaison office or competent institution.
