Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057:schedule:30:p10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 30 (pt 10/12)
Character Range: 1016958–1019837

their own legislation;

        (c) communicate to each other, as soon as possible, all information about the measures taken by them for the application of this Agreement or about changes in their respective legislation to the extent that these changes affect the application of this Agreement.

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

    3. Any exemption granted in the territory of one of the Parties from stamp duty, notarial or registration fees in respect of certificates and documents required to be submitted to the Competent Authorities and Competent Institutions in the same territory, shall also apply to certificates and documents which, for the purposes of this Agreement, need to be submitted to the Competent Authorities and Competent Institutions in the territory of the other Party. Documents and certificates required to be produced for the purpose of this Agreement shall be exempt from authentication by diplomatic and consular authorities.
    4 .Unless disclosure is required under the laws of a Party, any information about an individual which is transmitted in accordance with this Agreement to a Competent Authority or a Competent Institution of that Party by a Competent Authority or a Competent Institution of the other Party is confidential and shall be used only for the purposes of implementing this Agreement and the legislation to which this Agreement applies.

    5. In no case shall the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 4 be construed so as to impose on the Competent Authority or Competent Institution 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 the other Party.

    6. 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 organisation within any other country without the prior written consent of that other Party.

    7. In the application of this Agreement, the Competent Authority and the Competent Institution of a Party may communicate with the other Party in any of the official languages of the Parties.

    8. An application or document may not be rejected by a Competent Authority or Competent Institution solely because it is in an official language of the other Party.

Article 18
Administrative Arrangement

    1. The Competent Authorities of the Parties shall establish, by means of an Administrative Arrangement,