Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057:schedule:5:p11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 5 (pt 11/13)
Character Range: 173059–176093

Party by virtue of this Agreement shall be paid by that Party, whether the beneficiary is in Spain, Australia or a third country, without deduction for government administrative fees and charges for processing and paying that benefit.

ARTICLE 26
Exchange of Information and Mutual Assistance

    1. The Competent Authorities shall:

         (a) communicate to each other any information necessary for the application of this Agreement;

         (b) notify each other of measures taken internally to implement this Agreement and its Administrative Arrangements; and

         (c) lend their good offices and technical and administrative cooperation to implement this Agreement.

    2. The Competent Institutions of both Parties shall:

         (a) communicate to each other whatever information is necessary to implement this Agreement;

         (b) carry out medical examinations, verify facts and events from which the grant, review, suspension, cancellation or maintenance of their benefit entitlements is derived; and

         (c) lend their good offices and technical and administrative cooperation to implement this Agreement.

    3. The assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall be provided free of charge, subject to any arrangements reached between the Competent Authorities and the Competent Institutions for the reimbursement of certain types of expenses.

    4. When the Competent Authority or Competent Institution of one of the Parties forwards personal data to the Competent Authority or Competent Institution of the other Party, the privacy laws on data protection of the Party transmitting the data shall apply.  Notwithstanding any laws or administrative practices of a Party, no information concerning a person which is received by that Party from the other Party shall be transferred or disclosed to any other country or to any other organisation within that other country without the prior written consent of that other Party.

    5. In no case shall the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 be construed so as to impose on the Competent Authorities or Competent Institutions of a Party the obligation:

       (a) to carry out administrative measures at variance with the laws or the administrative practice of that or the other Party; or

       (b) to supply particulars which are not obtainable under the laws or in the normal course of the administration of that or of the other Party.

    6. The Competent Authorities and the Competent Institutions may communicate with the other in English or Spanish.

ARTICLE 27
Administrative Arrangements

    1. The Competent Authorities of the Parties shall make whatever administrative arrangements are necessary in order to implement this Agreement.
    2. A Competent Authority of a Party may authorise a Competent Institution of that Party to sign any Administrative Arrangement made under this Agreement.

ARTICLE 28
Meetings and Review of Agreement

    1. In order to examine and resolve problems which may arise in the application of the Agreement