SOCIAL SECURITY (INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS) ACT 1999
SCHEDULE 2
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ITALY
Subject to paragraph 3 of Article 8 and paragraph 2 of this Article, where a person receives or is entitled to receive a benefit under the legislation of Australia by virtue of this Agreement or otherwise and that person and or that person ' s partner receive an Italian benefit or benefits which include Italian integration and/or Italian social supplement and/or family benefits for dependants of pensioners, that integration, social supplement and family benefits for dependants of pensioners shall not be included as income for the purposes of assessing the rate of that Australian benefit.
2.
For the purposes of this Article only, the term " benefit " shall include job search, newstart and sickness allowances payable under the social security laws of Australia.
Note: See section 5.
PART A AGREEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF ITALY PART II - PROVISIONS RELATING TO BENEFITS AUSTRALIAN BENEFITS ARTICLE 10 Exclusion of Specified Italian Payments from the Australian Income Test 1.Subject to paragraph 3 of Article 8 and paragraph 2 of this Article, where a person receives or is entitled to receive a benefit under the legislation of Australia by virtue of this Agreement or otherwise and that person and or that person ' s partner receive an Italian benefit or benefits which include Italian integration and/or Italian social supplement and/or family benefits for dependants of pensioners, that integration, social supplement and family benefits for dependants of pensioners shall not be included as income for the purposes of assessing the rate of that Australian benefit.
2.
For the purposes of this Article only, the term " benefit " shall include job search, newstart and sickness allowances payable under the social security laws of Australia.
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