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SOCIAL SECURITY (INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS) ACT 1999 - SECT 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).
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