6Overriding of social security law by scheduled international social security agreements

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).