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Social Security Act 2018

Administration - Reciprocity agreements with other countries - Agreements

383: Inclusion of mutual assistance provisions in reciprocity agreements

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“Countries can agree to help each other with social security”

When New Zealand makes agreements with other countries about social security, these agreements can include ways for the countries to help each other. These helping parts of the agreements are called mutual assistance provisions. It’s okay to put these mutual assistance provisions in the agreements as long as they don’t go against the rules made under section 450. This means that the countries can agree to help each other with social security matters, but they have to follow certain rules when they do it.

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Part 6 Administration
Reciprocity agreements with other countries: Agreements

383Inclusion of mutual assistance provisions in reciprocity agreements

  1. Reciprocity agreements with other countries may contain and include mutual assistance provisions if those provisions being contained and included in those agreements are not inconsistent with regulations made under section 450.

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