Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057:section:6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6
Character Range: 4975–5843

6  Overriding of social security law by scheduled international social security agreements
 (1) The provisions of a scheduled international social security agreement have effect despite anything in the social security law.
 (2) Subsection (1) applies to a provision of an agreement only in so far as the provision is in force and affects the operation of the social security law.
 (3) If:
 (a) immediately before he or she reaches pension age, a person is receiving a social security payment (other than age pension) solely because of the operation of a scheduled international social security agreement; and
 (b) on reaching pension age, the person becomes qualified for age pension because of the operation of paragraph 43(1)(c) of the Social Security Act 1991;
the age pension is taken to be payable to the person under the agreement referred to in paragraph (a).