Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057:schedule:33:p10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 33 (pt 10/16)
Character Range: 1098328–1101228

available information such as date of death, change of address, change of marital or relationship status and changes in the amount of benefits for beneficiaries.

Article 19
Administrative Arrangement

(1) The Competent Authorities of the Contracting Parties shall establish, by means of an Administrative Arrangement, the measures necessary for the implementation of this Agreement.

(2) The Competent Authorities shall appoint liaison bodies to facilitate the implementation of this Agreement.

Article 20
Exchange of Statistics

The Competent Authorities or Competent Institutions of the Contracting Parties shall exchange annual statistics on the payments granted to beneficiaries pursuant to this Agreement. These statistics shall include the number of beneficiaries and total amount of benefits paid and shall be furnished in an agreed format.

Article 21
Resolution of Disputes

The Competent Authorities of the Contracting Parties shall resolve, to the extent possible, any difficulties which arise in interpreting or applying this Agreement according to its spirit and fundamental principles.

Article 22
Review of Agreement

Where a Contracting Party requests the other to meet to review this Agreement, the Contracting Parties shall meet for that purpose no later than six months after that request was made. Unless the Contracting Parties otherwise arrange, their meeting shall be held in the territory of the Contracting Party to which that request was made.

PART VI
TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 23
Transitional Provisions

(1) This Agreement shall not establish any right to a benefit for any period before the date of the entry into force of this Agreement.

(2) Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, when determining entitlements to benefits under this Agreement, periods of residence in Australia, periods of Australian working life residence and periods of insurance in the Republic of Serbia completed before the entry into force of this Agreement shall be taken into account.

(3) This Agreement shall not apply in respect to periods of insurance which were liquidated by the granting of a lump sum payment or the reimbursement of contributions.

(4) Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 8 shall apply from the date of entry into force of this Agreement, even if the employee was sent by their employer before this date. For this purpose, the period of secondment is taken to start on the date of entry into force of this Agreement.

Article 24
Entry into Force

This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the third month following the month in which notes are exchanged by the Contracting Parties through the diplomatic channel notifying each other that all matters as are necessary to give effect to this Agreement have been finalised.

Article 25
Duration and Termination

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this Article, this Agreement shall remain