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Commencement (Agreement between Australia and Japan on Social Security) Instrument 2008

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This instrument sets 1 January 2009 as the start date for Schedule 1 of the Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999 Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1).

What this means:

It activates the regulations that implement the social security agreement between Australia and Japan
The agreement helps people who have lived or worked in both countries to access age pensions, disability support pensions, and other benefits by combining (totalising) their periods of residence or contributions from both nations
Without this commencement date, the regulations (and therefore the treaty implementation) would not take effect

Who made it: The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs used her powers under the Regulations to fix this date.

Why it matters: This procedural step was necessary to give legal effect to the international treaty, ensuring eligible people could start claiming benefits under the new arrangement from 1 January 2009.

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Commencement (Agreement between Australia and Japan on Social Security) Instrument 2008

Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999 Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1)

I, JENNY MACKLIN, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, acting under paragraph 2(1)(b) of the Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999 Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1), fix 1 January 2009 as the day on which Schedule 1 to those Regulations commences.

Dated 15th December 2008

J Macklin

Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

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Commencement (Agreement between Australia and Japan on Social Security) Instrument 2008

Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999 Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1)

Dated 15th December 2008

J Macklin

Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs