Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057:schedule:26:p10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 26 (pt 10/13)
Character Range: 897978–900816

to certificates and documents which, for the purposes of this Agreement, need to be submitted to the other Contracting Party. Documents and certificates required to be produced for the purpose of this Agreement shall be exempt from authentication by diplomatic and consular authorities.

Article 19
Recovery of overpayments

1. Where:

         1.1 arrears of a benefit are paid or payable by a Contracting Party (the first Contracting Party); and

         1.2 for all or part of that period, the other Contracting Party (the second Contracting Party) has paid a benefit to that person; and

         1.3 the amount of benefit paid by the second Contracting Party would have been reduced had the benefit payable by the first Contracting Party been paid periodically during that past period; then

         1.4 the amount that would not have been paid by the second Contracting Party shall be a debt due by that person to the other Contracting Party.

2. Where the Competent Institution of the first Contracting Party has not yet paid the arrears described in subparagraph 1.1 to the person, that Contracting Party shall, at the request of the second Contracting Party, pay the amount of the debt described in subparagraph 1.4 to the second Contracting Party and shall pay the remainder to the person.

3. A reference in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article to a benefit, in relation to Australia, means a pension, benefit or allowance that is payable under the Acts forming the social security law of Australia as amended from time to time, and in relation to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia a pension that is payable according to the Law on Pension and Disability Insurance.

Article 20
Exchange of Information and Mutual Assistance

1. The Competent Authorities and Competent Institutions responsible for the application of this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by their national laws:

         1.1 communicate to each other any information necessary for the application of this Agreement or the social security law of Australia or the legislation of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;

         1.2 provide assistance to each other, including the communication of any necessary information, with regard to the determination or payment of any benefit under this Agreement as if the matter involved the application of their own legislation;

         1.3 communicate to each other, as soon as possible, all information about the measures taken by them for the application of this Agreement or about changes in their respective legislation in so far as these changes affect the application of this Agreement; and

         1.4 at the request of one to the other, assist each other in relation to the implementation of agreements on social security entered into by either Contracting Party with third States, to