Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057:schedule:33:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 33 (pt 3/16)
Character Range: 1080769–1083437

paragraph 1 of this Article, any additional amount, increase or supplement that is payable under this Agreement, shall be paid to a person outside Australia only for the period specified in the provisions of the Social Security Act 1991.

(3) In relation to the Republic of Serbia, paragraph 1 of this Article shall not refer to the difference between the established amount of pension and the lowest amount of the pension, if the established amount of pension is lower than the lowest amount of pension; cash compensation for body impairment, long term care, and funeral expenses.

PART II
PROVISIONS ON COVERAGE

Article 6
Purpose and Application

(1) The purpose of this Part is to ensure that employers and employees are subject to the legislation of only one Contracting Party in respect of the same work.

(2) This Part applies only where an employee or the employer would otherwise be subject to the legislation of both Contracting Parties in respect of the work of the employee or remuneration paid for the work.

Article 7
Diplomats and Consular Relations

This Agreement shall not affect the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April 1961, or the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 24 April 1963.

Article 8
Avoidance of Double Coverage

(1) Unless otherwise provided in paragraphs 2, 3 or 5 of this Article, if an employee works in the territory of one Contracting Party, the employer and the employee shall in respect of the work and the remuneration paid for the work, be subject only to the legislation of that Contracting Party.

(2) If an employee:

1. is covered by the legislation of one Contracting Party; and

2. was sent, whether before, on or after the commencement of this Agreement, by the Government of the first Contracting Party, including as a civil or public servant, to work in the territory of the second Contracting Party; and

3. is working in the territory of the second Contracting Party in the employment of the Government of the first Contracting Party, including as a civil or public servant; and

4. is not working permanently in the territory of the second Contracting Party;

the employer and the employee shall be subject only to the legislation of the first Contracting Party in respect of the work performed and the remuneration paid for that work.

(3) If an employee:

1. is covered by the legislation of one Contracting Party; and

2. was sent, whether before, on or after the commencement of this Agreement, by an employer who is subject to the legislation of the first Contracting Party to work in the territory of the second Contracting Party; and

3. is working in the territory