Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057:schedule:30:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 30 (pt 9/12)
Character Range: 1014417–1017218

after the Agreement enters into force.

    2. For the purposes of determining the right to a benefit, the date on which a claim, notice or appeal referred to in paragraph 1 is lodged with the Competent Institution of one Party shall be considered as the date of lodgement of that document with the Competent Institution of the other Party. The Competent Institution with which a claim, notice or appeal is lodged shall refer it without delay to the Competent Institution of the other Party.

    3. A claim for a benefit from one Party shall be considered as a claim for the corresponding benefit from the other 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 Party and provided the Competent Institution of the other Party receives the claim within 12 months of the lodgement of the original claim.

    4. The reference in paragraph 1 to an appeal is a reference to an appeal that may be made to an administrative body established by, or administratively for the purposes of, the respective legislation.

Article 16
Payment of Benefits

    1. The commencement date for payment of a benefit payable by virtue of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the legislation of the Party concerned but in no case shall that date be a date earlier than the date on which this Agreement enters into force.

    2. The Parties will prevent any legal or administrative restrictions on the transfer of currency outside their territory to guarantee the rights to payment and delivery of benefits payable under their legislation or by virtue of this Agreement.

    3. A benefit payable by a Party by virtue of this Agreement shall be paid without deduction for government administrative fees and government charges for processing and paying that benefit.

Article 17
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:

        (a) communicate to each other all available information necessary for the application of this Agreement or the social security laws of Australia and the Republic of Latvia;

        (b) provide 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 legislation to which this Agreement applies, as if applying 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 to the extent that these changes affect