Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057:schedule:29:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 29 (pt 8/14)
Character Range: 977283–980082

Competent Institution of the Republic of Hungary shall take into account only the income or contributions paid under the legislation which it applies.

Article 18
Creditable period less than 1 year

Where the total creditable periods completed under the legislation of the Republic of Hungary is less than 365 days, provided that no eligibility to benefits is established only on the basis of this creditable period, the Competent Institution of the Republic of Hungary shall not apply totalisation and shall not grant any benefit for a period shorter than 365 days.

Article 19
Concurrence of benefits

1. In relation to the Republic of Hungary, the legislation which excludes or limits eligibility to benefits or benefits in the case of concurrence of eligibility, benefits or incomes, shall be applied as appropriate to cases arising from the application of the legislation of Australia.

2. In relation to the Republic of Hungary, it shall not be possible to acquire or to maintain eligibility to several benefits or incomes of similar type based on the same mandatory insurance period in keeping with this Agreement. This shall not apply to benefits for invalidity, old age or death.

PART V
MISCELLANEOUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Article 20
Lodgement of Documents

1. A claim, appeal or other documentation concerning a benefit, whether payable by virtue of this Agreement or otherwise, may be lodged in the territory of either Contracting Party in accordance with the Administrative Arrangement made pursuant to Article 22 at any time after the Agreement enters into force.

2. The date on which a claim, appeal or other documentation referred to in Article 20.1 is lodged with the Competent Institution of one Contracting Party shall be considered as the date of lodgement of that claim, appeal or other documentation with the Competent Institution of the other Contracting Party. The Competent Institution with which a claim, appeal or other documentation is lodged shall refer it without delay to the Competent Institution of the other Contracting Party.

3. A claim for a benefit from one Contracting Party shall be considered as a claim for the corresponding benefit from the other Contracting Party so long as the claimant has indicated in that claim that there is, or there was, an affiliation with the social security system of that other Contracting Party. For Australia, this provision shall not be applied if the completed claim for Australian benefit is not received by the Australian Competent Institution within 12 months of the date of lodgement of the claim for the Hungarian benefit.

4. A claim, appeal or other documentation may not be rejected by a Competent Authority or Competent Institution solely because it is in the language of the other Contracting Party.