- 1
- At the request of the Competent Institution of the Netherlands, verification of administrative and medical information regarding claimants or recipients of Netherlands' benefits living in Australia will be carried out by Centrelink (the liaison agency for Australia).
- 2
- At the request of the Competent Institution of Australia, verification of administrative and medical information about claimants or recipients of Australian benefits living in the Netherlands will be carried out by the Landelijk Instituut Sociale Verzekeringen (National Institute Social Insurances), C/o Gak Nederland bv, Amsterdam and the Sociale Verzekeringsbank (Social Insurance Bank), Amstelveen.
- 3
- In order to determine the degree of disability for work, the Competent Institutions of both Parties will use the medical reports and the administrative data given to it by the Competent Institution of the other Party, but each Competent Institution nevertheless reserves the right to have the claimant or beneficiary examined by a doctor of their own choice or to summon the person involved to undergo a medical examination in its own territory.
- 4
- The person involved is obliged to comply with any request to undergo a medical examination as mentioned in paragraph 3 by presenting himself or herself for medical examination. If the person feels that, for medical reasons, he or she is unfit to travel to the territory of the Party where he or she has been summoned by the Competent Institution, the person must inform that institution immediately. The person will then be obliged to submit a medical statement issued by a doctor designated for this purpose by the Competent Institution of the other Party. This statement must include the medical reasons for his unfitness for travelling as well as the expected duration of this unfitness.
- 5
- The Competent Institution which requests a medical examination or travel for the purposes of paragraph (3) will pay the costs of the examination and, the expenses for travel and accommodation, of the person concerned.
