(1) The competent authorities of the two Parties shall:—
(a)establish the administrative measures necessary for the application of this Convention;
(b)establish liaison offices for the purpose of facilitating the implementation of this Convention;
(c)communicate to each other, as soon as possible, all information about the measures taken by them for the application of this Convention or about changes in their national legislation insofar as these changes affect the application of this Convention;
(d)to the extent permitted by the legislation which they administer, communicate to each other any information necessary for the application of this Convention;
(e)assist one another on any matter relating to the application of this Convention as if the matter were one affecting the application of their own legislation. This assistance shall be free of charge.
(2) Where the legislation of one Party provides that any certificate or other document which is submitted under the legislation of that Party shall be exempt, wholly or partly, from any taxes, legal dues, consular fees or administrative charges, that exemption shall apply to any certificate or other document which is submitted under the legislation of the other Party or in accordance with this Convention.
(3) All statements, documents and certificates of any kind required to be produced for the purposes of this Convention shall be exempt from authentication by diplomatic or consular authorities.
(4) No certificate, document or statement of any kind written in an official language of either Party shall be rejected on the ground that it is written in a foreign language.
(5) Unless disclosure is required under the laws of a Party, any information about an individual which is sent in accordance with, and for the purposes of, this Convention to that Party by the other Party is confidential and shall be used only for the purpose of implementing this Convention and, the legislation to which this Convention applies.
(1) The competent authorities of the Parties shall make all reasonable efforts to resolve through agreement between them any disagreement about the interpretation or application of this Convention.
(2) If any disagreement cannot be resolved as in paragraph (1) it shall be submitted, at the request of the competent authority of either Party, to an arbitration tribunal which shall be constituted in the following manner:—
(a)each Party shall appoint an arbitrator within one month from receipt of the demand for arbitration. The two arbitrators shall appoint a third arbitrator, who shall not be a national or citizen, as the case may be, of either Party, within two months from the date on which the Party which was the last to appoint its arbitrator has notified the other Party of the appointment;
(b)if within the prescribed period either Party should fail to appoint an arbitrator, the other Party may request the President of the International Court of Justice or, in the event of his or her having the nationality or citizenship, as the case may be, of one of the Parties, the Vice-President or next senior judge of that Court not having the nationality or citizenship, as the case may be, of either Party, to make the appointment. A similar procedure shall be adopted at the request of either Party if the two arbitrators cannot agree on the appointment of the third arbitrator.
(3) The decision of the arbitration tribunal, which shall be binding on both Parties, shall be by majority vote. The arbitration tribunal shall determine its own rules of procedure, and its costs shall be borne by the two Parties.
The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and a province of Canada may conclude understandings concerning any social security matter within provincial jurisdiction in Canada insofar as those understandings are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Convention.