The Government of New Zealand
and
The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
WISHING to amend and supplement the Agreement on Social Security between the two Governments signed at The Hague on the 30th day of June 2000, have agreed as follows:
Article 1
Article 1 of the Agreement is amended:
Article 2
Article 2 of the Agreement is amended:
(a) by inserting in paragraph 1(a), after the word “Agreement”
, the words “and Part 1 of the New Zealand Superannuation Act 2001,”
;
(b) by deleting from paragraph 1(a) the words “that Act, in so far as that Act”
, and substituting the words “any of those Acts, in so far as those Acts”
.
Article 3
Article 19 of the Agreement is amended by deleting from paragraph 2 the words “its debts to that person incurred by the”
, and substituting the words “its debts of that person incurred by reason of that”
.
Article 4
Article 20 of the Agreement is amended:
Article 5
Article 21 of the Agreement is amended:
(b) by deleting from paragraph 1 the words “a claimant or recipient's sickness, injury or disability”
, and substituting the words “the sickness, injury, or disability of a person claiming or receiving a benefit payable on the grounds of sickness, injury, or disability under this Agreement”
.
Article 6
Article 22 of the Agreement is amended:
(a) by inserting in the definition of “social security debt”
in paragraph 1, after the word “and”
, the words “, in relation to the Netherlands,”
;
(c) by deleting from paragraphs 3, 5, 8, and 13 the words “Except where Article 23 applies, the”
, and substituting in each case the word “The”
;
Article 7
Article 23 of the Agreement is amended:
Article 8
The Agreement is amended by deleting Article 24, and no substitution for it is made.
Article 9
This Protocol shall enter into force on the same date as the Agreement.