Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057:schedule:27:p10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 27 (pt 10/10)
Character Range: 929543–931840

force of this Agreement shall also be taken into consideration.

3. Determinations concerning entitlement to benefits which were made before the entry into force of this Agreement shall not affect rights arising under it.

4. Benefits determined before the entry into force of this Agreement may be newly determined upon application.

5. Articles 7 (2) and 8 (2) apply from the date of entry into force of this Agreement, even if the person was sent by his or her employer before this date. For this purpose, the period of secondment is taken to start on the entry into force of this Agreement.

Article 25
Ratification and Entry into Force

1. This Agreement is subject to ratification.

2. This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the third month following the month in which notes are exchanged by the Contracting States through the diplomatic channel notifying each other that all matters as are necessary for the entry into force of this Agreement have been finalised.

Article 26
Duration, Modification and Termination

1. This Agreement shall remain in force without any limitation on its duration.

2. This Agreement may be amended in the future by supplementary agreements which, from their entry into force, shall be considered an integral part of this Agreement.

3. This Agreement shall remain in force and effect until the last day of the twelfth month following the month in which either Contracting State gives the other Contracting State written notification through diplomatic channels of its termination.

4. If this Agreement is terminated, rights acquired under it shall be retained and claims for benefits lodged prior to the date of termination shall be determined under this Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Agreement.

DONE at Canberra on this sixteenth day of September 2009 in two originals in the English and Czech languages, the two texts being equally authentic.

FOR AUSTRALIA:                             FOR the czech republic:

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Hon Jenny Macklin                          HE Dr Juraj Chmiel
Minister for Families, Housing             Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Community Services and Indigenous Affairs