Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY (INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS) ACT 1999

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title [see Note 1]  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Interpretation  
   4.      Social security law  

   PART 2--INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY AGREEMENTS

   5.      Scheduled international social security agreements  
   6.      Overriding of social security law by scheduled international social security agreements  
   7.      Amendment of Schedules by regulations  
   8.      Addition of new scheduled international social security agreements  
   9.      Repeal of Schedule  
   10.     Parenting payment claimed under agreement  
   11.     Portability of international agreement pension or allowance  
   12.     Rate of pension or allowance payable under agreement where rate to be determined under law of Australia  
   12A.    Saving in respect of United Kingdom agreement  

   PART 3--CALCULATION OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT PORTABILITY RATES

           Division 1--Overall rate calculation process

   13.     Overall calculation process  
   14.     Amounts to be treated as income  
   14A.    Additional child amounts  

           Division 2--Australian working life residence

   15.     Working life  
   16.     Australian working life residence generally  
   17.     Calculation of period of residence  
   18.     Australian working life residence: age or disability support pensioner couple  
   19.     Australian working life residence: member of former age or disability support pensioner couple  
   20.     Australian working life residence: wife pensioner  
   21.     Australian working life residence: recipient of pension PP (single), bereavement allowance or widow B pension  
   22.     Australian working life residence: carer payment  

           Division 3--Residence factor

   23.     Residence factor: Australian working life residence of 25 years or more  
   24.     Residence factor: Australian working life residence of less than 25 years  

   PART 4--REGULATIONS

   25.     Regulations  
           SCHEDULE 1 United Kingdom
           SCHEDULE 2 Italy
           SCHEDULE 3 New Zealand
           SCHEDULE 4 Canada
           SCHEDULE 5 Spain
           SCHEDULE 6 Malta
           SCHEDULE 7 Netherlands
           SCHEDULE 8 Ireland
           SCHEDULE 9 Portugal
           SCHEDULE 10 Austria
           SCHEDULE 11 Cyprus
           SCHEDULE 12 Denmark
           SCHEDULE 13 United States of America
           SCHEDULE 14 Germany
           SCHEDULE 15 Chile
           SCHEDULE 16 Croatia
           SCHEDULE 17 Slovenia
           SCHEDULE 18 Belgium
           SCHEDULE 19 Norway
           SCHEDULE 20 Switzerland
           SCHEDULE 21 Republic of Korea
           SCHEDULE 22 Hellenic Republic
           SCHEDULE 23 Japan
           SCHEDULE 24 Republic of Finland
           SCHEDULE 25 Republic of Poland
           SCHEDULE 26 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
           SCHEDULE 27 Czech Republic
           SCHEDULE 28 Slovak Republic