Proclamation Declaring the Agreement on Social Security Between Canada and Portugal in Force March 12, 1981 — (a)
For the purpose of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) competent authority means, in relation to Portugal, the Minister or Ministers responsible for the implementation of the legislation described in subparagraph 1(a) of Article II, and in relation to Canada, the Minister or Ministers responsible for the application of the legislation mentioned in subparagraph 1(b) of Article II; (b) territory means, in relation to Portugal, the territory of the Republic of Portugal and, in relation to Canada, the territory of Canada; (c) legislation means the legislation described in Article II; (d) competent institution means, in relation to Portugal, the institution to which the person is affiliated at the time of application for benefits or from which he is entitled to receive benefits or would be entitled to receive benefits, if he resided in the territory of Portugal, and, in relation to Canada, the competent authorities; (e) worker means, in relation to Portugal, a salaried worker according to the legislation of Portugal and, in relation to Canada, a person who is employed in pensionable employment under the Canada Pension Plan ; (f) credited period means a period of contributions, employment or residence used to acquire a right to a benefit under the legislation of either Party. This term also designates in relation to Portugal, any equivalent period under the legislation of Portugal and, in relation to Canada, any equivalent period during which a disability pension is payable under the Canada Pension Plan ; (g) Government employment includes, in relation to Canada, employment as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or the Armed Forces of Canada, employment of any person by the Government of Canada, the government or a municipal corporation of any province, and includes any employment as may be so designated, from time to time, by Canada; (h) official administrative service , in relation to Portugal, means the central, regional and local administrations and such public institutes as have the nature of personalized services or of public funds; (i) death insurance includes, in relation to Portugal, a death benefit and survivor’s benefits; (j) pension , allowance or benefit includes any supplements or increases applicable to them; (k) old age benefit means, in relation to Portugal, an old age pension under the legislation of Portugal and, in relation to Canada, an old age pension under the Old Age Security Act (excluding any income-tested supplement, spouse’s allowance and the retirement pension under the Canada Pension Plan ); (l) Spouse’s Allowance means, in relation to Canada, the benefit payable to the spouse of a pensioner and includes the pension equivalent and the guaranteed income supplement equivalent under the Old Age Security Act ; (m) survivor’s benefit means, in relation to Portugal, the pensions payable under the legislation of Portugal on the death of an insured person or pensioner to those persons who, according to that legislation, are the survivors of that person or pensioner and, in relation to Canada, a survivor’s pension payable to the surviving spouse under the Canada Pension Plan ; (n) invalidity benefit means, in relation to Portugal, an invalidity pension payable under the legislation of Portugal and, in relation to Canada, a disability pension payable under the Canada Pension Plan ; (o) children’s benefit means an orphan’s benefit or a disabled contributor’s child’s benefit payable under the Canada Pension Plan ; (p) death benefit means, in relation to Portugal, the death allowance, a one-time payment under the death insurance program, and, in relation to Canada, the death benefit payable in a lump sum under the Canada Pension Plan ; (q) any term that is not defined in this Article has the meaning assigned to it in the applicable legislation.