12Rate of pension or allowance payable under agreement where rate to be determined under law of Australia

#### 12 Rate of pension or allowance payable under agreement where rate to be determined under law of Australia (1) If: (a) a social security payment is payable to a person under a scheduled international social security agreement; and (b) the person is outside Australia; and (c) the agreement provides for the rate of the social security payment to be determined according to the law of Australia; the rate of the social security payment is the person’s international agreement portability rate worked out in accordance with Part 3. (2) A reference in the agreement to a person’s period of residence in Australia is to be taken to be a reference to the period of the person’s Australian working life residence for the purposes of this Act.