Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057:schedule:25:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 25 (pt 8/11)
Character Range: 866275–869080

or Competent Institution of the other Party, then such transfers are subject to the privacy legislation applicable in the territory of the Party providing the data. All such data is subject to the privacy legislation applicable in the territory of the Party receiving the data.

2. Any information about an individual which is transmitted in accordance with this Agreement to the Competent Authority, Liaison Institution or Competent Institution of that Party by the Competent Authority, Liaison Institution or 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.

3. 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 that other country without the prior written consent of that other Party.

ARTICLE 18
Language

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

2. Applications, appeals or other documents may not be rejected on the grounds that they were prepared in the official language of the other Party.

ARTICLE 19
Lodgement of Documents

1. A claim or appeal concerning a benefit may be lodged in the territory of either Party in accordance with the Administrative Arrangement made pursuant to Article 15 at any time after this Agreement enters into force.

2. The date on which a claim or appeal referred to in paragraph 1 is lodged with the Competent Authority, Liaison Institution or Competent Institution of one Party shall be considered as the date of lodgement of that document with the Competent Authority, Liaison Institution or Competent Institution of the other Party. The Competent Authority, Liaison Institution or Competent Institution with which a claim or appeal is lodged shall refer it without delay to the Competent Authority, Liaison Institution or Competent Institution of the other Party.

3. A claim for a benefit under the legislation of one Party shall be considered as a claim for the corresponding benefit under the legislation of the other Party if the claimant has indicated in that claim that the person was covered by the social security system of that other Party and provided the other Party receives this request within 6 months.

4. In relation to Australia, the reference in paragraphs 1 and 2 to an appeal document is a reference to a document concerning an appeal that may be made to an administrative body