New Zealand initiating note
The New Zealand High Commission, Canberra presents its compliments to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia and has the honour to refer to the Agreement on Social Security between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand, done at Wellington on 8 December 2016 (hereinafter referred to as “the Agreement”
) and to subsequent discussions between the two Governments over correction of errors in the text.
The High Commission has the further honour to propose that, on the basis of the aforementioned discussions, the following corrections to the Agreement be made in accordance with Article 79(1)(b) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties:
| 1. Article 1(c) and 1(n)(ii) of the Agreement are corrected by deleting the references to the year “2016” and replacing it with the year “1964” so that both references now read the “Social Security Act 1964” . 2. Article 6 of the Agreement is corrected by inserting in paragraph 5, after the words “payable to” , the words “a person in” . |
The High Commission has the honour to propose that, if the forgoing is acceptable to the Government of Australia, this note, and the Department’s note in reply, shall together constitute an Exchange of Notes Correcting Errors in the Agreement. The corrected text will replace the defective text.
The New Zealand High Commission, Canberra takes this opportunity to renew to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia the assurances of its highest consideration.
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Australian note in reply
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade presents its compliments to the New Zealand High Commission in Canberra and has the honour to refer to the latter’s note, NZHC 2017 024 seeking corrections to the Agreement on Social Security between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand (the “agreement”
) done at Wellington on 8 December.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia has the further honour to advise that the request is acceptable to the Government of Australia and that, accordingly, the High Commission’s note and this note in reply shall together constitute an Exchange of Notes correcting errors in the agreement.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the New Zealand High Commission, Canberra the assurances of its highest consideration.