Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057:schedule:14:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 14 (pt 8/25)
Character Range: 471921–474746

authorities for the reimbursement of certain types of expenses.

Article 11
Fees
    1. Where, under the legislation of one Contracting Party documents submitted to an authority or institution of that Contracting Party are partly or fully exempt from administrative charges, including consular fees, this exemption shall also apply to documents which are submitted to an authority or institution of the other Contracting Party in accordance with its legislation.
    2. Documents which, in the application of the legislation specified in paragraph 1 of Article 2 and in the implementation of this Agreement, must be submitted to an authority or institution of one Contracting Party, may be submitted to an authority or institution of the other Contracting Party without consular authentication or any other similar formality.

Article 12
Languages of communication
In the application of the legislation specified in paragraph 1 of Article 2 and in the implementation of this Agreement, the agencies referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 10 may communicate in their respective official languages directly with each other as well as with persons concerned and with their representatives.

Article 13
Lodgement of documents
    1. If a claim for a benefit under the legislation of one Contracting Party has been submitted to an agency of the Contracting Party which, under the legislation of the latter Contracting Party, is competent to receive a claim for a corresponding benefit, that claim shall be deemed to have been submitted to the competent institution of the first Contracting Party on the same date as the claim was lodged with the agency in the other Contracting Party. This provision shall apply, as appropriate, to other claims, notices and appeals.
    2. Where a claim, notice or appeal is received by an agency of one Contracting Party, that agency shall ensure it is forwarded without delay to the appropriate liaison agency of the other Contracting Party.
    3. In relation to Australia, an appeal means an appeal submitted to a body established under the social security laws of Australia.
    4. Subject to paragraph 5, a claim by a person for a benefit from a Contracting Party, whether lodged in the territory of that Contracting Party or of the other Contracting Party, shall be deemed to be a claim for a corresponding benefit from that other Contracting Party if the information disclosed by the person in the original claim indicates that the person may be qualified for corresponding benefit. The foregoing shall not apply if the person is under the normal age pension age of the other Contracting Party and the person explicitly requests that the determination of entitlement to old age benefits acquired under the legislation of the other Contracting Party be deferred.
    5. Paragraph 4 shall