Artikel I

1. In this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires:
a) "benefit" means a New Zealand benefit or pension payable in terms of the Social Security Act 1964 or the Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Act 1990; and for the Netherlands means: any benefit or pension provided for in the laws of the Netherlands including any increase of, or additional amount payable with a benefit or pension;
b) "competent authority" means in relation to New Zealand, the Director-General of Social Welfare or an authorised representative of the Director-General; and in relation to the Netherlands, the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment;
c) "institution" in relation to a Contracting Party means, an institution which is responsible for the application of this agreement in respect of a Contracting Party;
d) "social security laws" means in relation to a Contracting Party the laws specified in Article 2 in relation to that Contracting Party;
e) "New Zealand" means New Zealand only and not the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau; "the Netherlands" means, the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe;
f) "national" means in relation to New Zealand, a New Zealand citizen or New Zealand national and in relation to the Netherlands, a person of Netherlands nationality.
2. In the application by a Contracting Party of this Agreement in relation to a person, any term not defined in this Article shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meaning assigned to it in the social security laws of either Contracting Party.