Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057:schedule:4:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 4 (pt 7/12)
Character Range: 132657–135362

year for which contributions have been made under the Canada Pension Plan.
    3. For the purposes of this Article, where a Canadian creditable period and a period of Australian working life residence coincide, the period of coincidence shall be taken into account once only as a Canadian creditable period.

ARTICLE 10
Benefits under the Old Age Security Act
    1. If a person is eligible for a pension or  an allowance solely through the application of the totalising provisions of Article 9, the competent institution of Canada shall calculate the amount of the pension or allowance payable to that person in conformity with the provisions of the Old Age Security Act governing the payment of a partial pension or  allowance, exclusively on the basis of the periods of residence in Canada which may be considered under that Act.
    2. Paragraph 1 shall also apply to a person outside Canada who would be entitled to the payment of a full pension in Canada but who has not resided in Canada for the minimum period required by the Old Age Security Act for entitlement to payment of a pension outside Canada.
    3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement:
         (a) the competent authority of Canada shall not pay a pension under the Old Age Security Act to a person outside Canada unless his or her Canadian creditable period accumulated under that Act and period of Australian working life residence, when totalised as provided in Article 9, are at least equal to the minimum period of residence in Canada required by the Old Age Security Act for payment of a pension outside Canada; and
         (b) an allowance and a guaranteed income supplement shall be paid to a person who is outside Canada only to the extent permitted by the Old Age Security Act.

ARTICLE 11
Benefits under the Canada Pension Plan
    1. If a person is not eligible for a benefit solely on the basis of the periods creditable under the Canada Pension Plan, but is eligible for that benefit through the totalising of periods as provided in Article 9, the competent institution of Canada shall calculate the amount of the earnings‑related portion of such benefit under the provisions of the Canada Pension Plan, exclusively on the basis of the pensionable earnings under the Canada Pension Plan.
    2. The amount of the flat‑rate portion of the benefit payable by virtue of this Agreement shall, in a case referred to in paragraph 1, be determined by multiplying:
         (a) the amount of the flat‑rate portion of the benefit determined under the Canada Pension Plan
     by
         (b) the fraction which represents the ratio of the periods of contributions to the Canada Pension Plan in relation to the