Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057:schedule:19:p12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 19 (pt 12/14)
Character Range: 673563–676480

have the other Party recover those overpayments from continuing payments of benefit paid by the other Party.

    ARTICLE 27

    Export and Payment of Benefits

     1. If a Party imposes legal or administrative restrictions on the transfer of its currency abroad, both Parties shall adopt measures as soon as practicable to guarantee the rights to payment of benefits derived under the Agreement. Those measures shall operate retrospectively to the time the restrictions were imposed.

     2. A Party that imposes restrictions described in paragraph 1 shall inform the other Party of those restrictions within one calendar month of their imposition and shall adopt the measures described in paragraph 1 within three months of the imposition of those restrictions. If the other Party is not so informed or if the necessary measures are not adopted within the set time the other Party may invoke this as a ground for terminating the Agreement or suspending its operation in whole or in part.

     3. A benefit payable by a Party by virtue of this Agreement shall be paid by that Party without deduction for government administrative fees and charges for processing and paying that benefit when the beneficiary is in the territory of the other Party. In addition, neither party shall implement measures which would transfer to the beneficiary the costs of paying benefits into the other country.

     4. Any exemption granted in the territory of one of the Parties from stamp duty, notarial or registration fees in respect of certificates and documents required to be submitted to the Competent Authorities and Competent Institutions in the same territory shall also apply to certificates and documents which, for the purposes of this Agreement, have to be submitted to the Competent Authorities and Competent Institutions in the territory of the other 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 28

    Exchange of Information and Mutual Assistance

     1. The Competent Authorities and Competent Institutions responsible for the application of this Agreement, shall:

        (a) communicate to each other any information necessary for the application of this Agreement;

        (b) lend their good offices and furnish assistance to one another, including the communication to each other of any necessary information, with regard to the determination or payment of any benefit under this Agreement or under the social security laws of either Party as if the matter involved the application of their own legislation;

        (c) 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 are relevant to the application