Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057:schedule:28:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 28 (pt 8/11)
Character Range: 949875–952796

accordance with this Agreement to persons described in Article 3 who reside in the territory of the other Contracting Party.

Article 18
Exemption from Fees and Authentication

1. Where the laws of a Contracting Party provide that any document which is submitted to the Competent Authority or the Competent Institution of that Contracting Party shall be exempted, wholly or partly, from fees or charges, including consular and administrative fees, the exemption shall also apply to corresponding documents which are submitted to the Competent Authority or Competent Institution of the other Contracting Party in the application of this Agreement.

2. Documents and certificates which are presented for the purposes of this Agreement shall be exempted from requirements for authentication by diplomatic or consular authorities.

3. The Competent Institutions of the Contracting Parties shall pay benefits under this Agreement without any deduction for their administrative expenses or for government administrative fees and charges for processing and paying that benefit.

Article 19
Recovery of overpayments

1. If a Competent Institution of a Contracting Party has overpaid a benefit, or paid a benefit which was not due, to any person because of the simultaneous payment of a benefit for all or part of the same period by the Competent Institution of the other Contracting Party, under this Agreement or the legislation of either Contracting Party, the amount of the overpayment may be deducted in favour of that Competent Institution from arrears of a benefit to which there is entitlement under the legislation of the other Contracting Party.

2. In relation to Australia a reference in paragraph 1 to a benefit means a pension, benefit or allowance payable under the Acts forming the social security law of Australia as amended from time to time.

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:
         (a) communicate to each other any information necessary for the application of this Agreement or their social security laws;
         (b) provide assistance to one another with regard to the determination or payment of any benefit under this Agreement or under the legislation to which this Agreement applies;
         (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 insofar as these changes affect the application of this Agreement; and
         (d) 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 of the Contracting Parties with third states, to the extent and in the circumstances specified in