Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057:schedule:27:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 27 (pt 9/10)
Character Range: 926877–929805

this Agreement or about changes in their respective legislation insofar as 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 that are specified in the Administrative Arrangement pursuant to Article 15.

3. In no case shall the provisions of paragraph 1 be construed so as to impose on the Competent Authority or Competent Institution of a Contracting State the obligation:

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

Article 20
Protection of Personal Data

Unless otherwise provided under the national laws of a Contracting State, any information about an individual which is transmitted in accordance with this Agreement to a Competent Authority or a Competent Institution of that Contracting State by a Competent Authority or a Competent Institution of the other Contracting State is confidential and shall be used only for the purposes of implementing this Agreement and the legislation to which this Agreement applies.

Article 21
Language

1. In the application of this Agreement, the Competent Authority and the Competent Institution of a Contracting State may communicate with the other in any of the official languages of the Contracting States.

2. A claim, appeal or other document may not be rejected by a Competent Authority or Competent Institution solely because it is in the language of the other Contracting State.

Article 22
Resolution of Disputes

Any disagreement regarding the interpretation or application of this Agreement shall be resolved by consultation between the Competent Authorities.

Article 23
Review of Agreement

Where a Contracting State requests the other to meet to review the Agreement, the Contracting States shall meet for that purpose as soon as possible.

PART V
TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 24
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. In determining entitlement to a benefit under this Agreement, periods as an Australian resident, periods of Australian working life residence and creditable periods completed under the legislation of the Czech Republic before the entry into force of this Agreement shall also be taken into consideration.

3. Determinations concerning entitlement to benefits which were made before the entry into force of this Agreement shall not affect rights arising under it.

4. Benefits determined before the entry