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amount specified under the legislation of Italy;

         (i) "Italian social supplement" means that welfare benefit granted in addition to the pensions of those people who have incomes lower than the amount fixed by Italian legislation;

         (j) "legislation" means the laws specified in Article 2;

         (k) "period of Australian working life residence" means a period defined as such in the legislation of Australia;

         (l) "period of credited contributions" means a period or the total of two or more periods of contributions used to acquire an entitlement to a benefit and any period deemed to be a period of contributions under the legislation of Italy;

         (m) "spouse carer pension" means a carer pension payable, under the legislation of Australia, to the partner of a person who is in receipt of a disability support pension or of an age pension;

         (n) "survivors" means, in relation to Italy, persons who are within the categories of family members of a person who was insured or was a pensioner under the legislation of Italy and is now deceased, and who are recognised by that legislation as survivors of that person or pensioner;

         (o) "widow" means a de jure widow;

2. In the application of this Agreement by a Party, any term not defined in this Agreement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meaning which it has under the legislation within the scope of this Agreement, in relation to that Party, by virtue of Article 2.

    ARTICLE 2

    Legislative Scope

1. Subject to paragraph 2, this Agreement shall apply to the following laws, as amended at the date of signature of this Agreement, and to any laws that subsequently amend, supplement or replace them:

          (a) in relation to Australia: the Social Security Act 1991 in so far as the Act provides for, applies to or affects the following benefits:

           (i) age pension;

           (ii) disability support pension

           (iii) wife pension;

           (iv) pensions payable to widows;

           (v) widowed person allowance;

           (vi) spouse carer pension;

           (vii) double orphan pension; and

           (viii) supplements for children.

          (b) in relation to Italy: the legislation in force at the date of signature of this Agreement and any legislation that subsequently amends, supplements or replaces that legislation, concerning the compulsory general insurance scheme for employees in regard to invalidity, old age and survivors; special insurance schemes for self‑employed persons and other categories of workers; family benefits for dependants of pensioners and unemployment insurance and, in particular, the following benefits:

           (i) old age pensions;

           (ii) seniority pensions;

           (iii) anticipated pensions;

           (iv) invalidity allowances;

           (v) inability pensions;

           (vi) privileged invalidity allowances;

           (vii) privileged inability pensions;

           (viii) invalidity attendance allowance;

           (ix) survivors' pensions;

           (x) family benefit for dependants of pensioners; and

           (xi) unemployment allowances.

2. Notwithstanding