Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057:schedule:29:p10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 29 (pt 10/14)
Character Range: 982521–985458

permitted by their national laws:

         (a) communicate to each other any information necessary for the application of this Agreement or the social security law of Australia or the legislation of the Republic of Hungary;

         (b) provide assistance to each other with regard to the determination or payment of any benefit under this Agreement as if the matter involved the application of 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 in so far as these changes affect the application of this Agreement; and

         (d) assist each other, at the request of the claimant, in relation to the implementation of agreements on social security entered into by either Contracting Party with third States.

2. The Competent Institution of a Contracting Party will, to the extent permitted by the legislation which it administers, provide, upon request, to the Competent Institution of the other Contracting Party such medical information and documentation as are available concerning the disability of a claimant or beneficiary.

3. If the Competent Institution of a Contracting Party requires that a claimant or beneficiary who resides in the territory of the other Contracting Party to undergo a medical examination, the Competent Institution of the latter Contracting Party, at the request of the Competent Institution of the first Contracting Party, will make arrangements for carrying out this examination.

4. The assistance referred to in Article 23.1‑23.3 shall be provided free of charge, unless otherwise provided for in the Administrative Arrangement pursuant to Article 22.

5. In no case shall the provisions of Article 23.1 be construed so as to impose on a Contracting Party the obligation to:

         (a) carry out administrative measures at variance with the laws or the administrative practice of either Contracting Party; or

         (b) supply information which is not ordinarily obtainable under the laws or in the normal administrative practice of either Contracting Party.

6. In the application of this Agreement, the Competent Authority and the Competent Institution of a Contracting Party may communicate with the other, or with the person concerned, in any of the official languages of the Contracting Parties.

7. The Competent Institution of the Republic of Hungary may mail decisions by recorded delivery with request of a return receipt, and other documents in registered mail, directly to the person who is present in the territory of either Contracting Party.

8. Claims for benefits, appeals, any related documents and any notification or other communication by a person will be lodged with the Competent Institution of either Contracting Party.

9. The Liaison Agencies of the Contracting Parties will supply to each other