(1) Where a benefit is payable by a Party to a person in respect of a past period (in this Article referred to as “the first benefit” ), and
(a)for all or part of that same period, the other Party has paid to that person a benefit under its legislation (in this Article referred to as “the second benefit” ); and
(b)the amount of the second benefit would have been reduced had the first benefit been paid during that period,
the competent authority of the former Party, at the request of the competent authority of the latter Party, shall:
(c)deduct from the first benefit an amount equal to the amount of the second benefit that would not have been paid had the first benefit been paid on a periodical basis throughout that past period, and
(d)transmit any sum deducted in accordance with sub-paragraph (c) above to the competent authority of the latter Party.
Any balance shall be paid by the former Party direct to the person.
(2) Where the United Kingdom has paid a benefit to a person in respect of a past period and:
(a)for all or part of that same period, Australia has paid to that person a benefit under its legislation; and
(b)the amount of the benefit paid by Australia would have been reduced had the United Kingdom paid its benefit during that period,
the competent authority of Australia may determine that:
(c)the amount of its benefit which would not have been paid had the United Kingdom paid its benefit on a periodical basis throughout that period is a debt due by that person to Australia; and
(d)the amount, or any part, of that debt may be recovered from future benefits which Australia may pay under its legislation to that person.
(3) A reference in paragraphs (1) or (2) to a payment under the legislation of a Party means a benefit payable whether by virtue of this Agreement or otherwise.
(4) Where a person has received income support under the legislation of Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man for a period for which that person subsequently becomes entitled to any benefit under the legislation of Australia, the competent institution of Australia, at the request of and on behalf of the competent institution of Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man, shall withhold from the benefit due for that period the amount by which the income support paid exceeded what would have been paid had the benefit under the legislation of Australia been paid before the amount of income support was determined, and shall transmit the amount withheld to the competent institution of Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man.