Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

PART V
TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

ARTICLE XXII

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   1.   Any creditable period completed before the date of entry into force of this Agreement shall be taken into account for the purpose of determining the right to a benefit under the Agreement.

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   2.   No provision of this Agreement shall confer any right to receive payment of a benefit for a period before the date of entry into force of the Agreement.

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   3.   Subject to paragraph 2, a benefit, other than a lump sum payment, shall be paid under this Agreement in respect of events which happened before the date of entry into force of the Agreement.

ARTICLE XXIII

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   1.   This Agreement shall enter into force, after the conclusion of the administrative arrangement referred to in Article XV, on the first day of the second month following the month in which each Party shall have received from the other Party written notification that it has complied with all statutory and constitutional requirements for the entry into force of this Agreement.

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   2.   This Agreement shall remain in force without any limitation on its duration. It may be denounced at any time by either Party giving 12 months' notice in writing to the other Party.

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   3.   In the event of the termination of this Agreement, any right acquired by a person in accordance with its provisions shall be maintained and negotiations shall take place for the settlement of any rights then in course of acquisition by virtue of its provisions.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this Agreement.

DONE in 2 copies at Castries this 5^th day of January, 1987, in the English and French languages, each text being equally authentic.