PART VI
TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 58
Entitlement before Agreement is in Force
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1. Subject to paragraph 3, where title to benefit arose before the entry into force of this Agreement, the benefits payable under such title shall be dealt with under the appropriate national legislation.
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2. Every insurance period completed under the applicable legislation of a Contracting Party before the date on which this Agreement enters into force shall be taken into account for the purpose of determining rights under it.
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3. Any benefit which has not been assessed or paid or which has been suspended on account of the residence of the person concerned in the territory of any Contracting Party other than that of the territory where the institution liable to pay the benefit is located shall, by the request of the person concerned, be assessed and paid, or its suspension terminated as from the date this Agreement enters into force.
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4. Where the request referred to in the preceding paragraph is made within 2 years of the date on which this Agreement enters into force, entitlement and rights arising in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be acquired as from that date, and no provision to the contrary in the applicable legislation of any Contracting Party with respect to entitlement or rights lapsing or becoming statute-barred shall apply to the person concerned.
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5. Where the request referred to in paragraph 3 is made more than 2 years after the date on which this Agreement enters into force, any entitlement or rights which are not held to be statute-barred or to have lapsed shall be payable only from the date on which the request was made, unless there are more favourable provisions in the applicable legislation of the Contracting Party concerned.
ARTICLE 59
Entitlement to Sign and Ratify, Accept or Accede
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1. This Agreement shall be open for signature by the Members of the Caribbean Community and shall be subject to ratification or acceptance. Instruments of ratification or acceptance shall be deposited with the Secretary General.
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2. The Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the third month following that in which the third instrument of ratification or acceptance is deposited with the Secretary General.
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3. Countries ratifying or accepting the Agreement after its entry into force shall become parties thereto one month following the deposit of an appropriate instrument of ratification or acceptance.
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4. Countries mentioned in paragraph 1 may accede to the Agreement at any time. Accession shall take effect one month following the deposit of an appropriate instrument of accession.
ARTICLE 60
Participation by Other Countries
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1. After the entry into force of this Agreement, the Contracting Parties may, by unanimous vote, invite any other country to accede to it.
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2. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an appropriate instrument of accession with the Secretary General and shall take effect 3 months after the date of such deposit.
ARTICLE 61
Amendments
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1. This Agreement may be amended by a 2/3 majority vote of the Contracting Parties.
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2. Any such amendment shall enter into force 3 months thereafter without prejudice to any rights accruing to an insured person or persons claiming through such insured person prior to the amendment.
ARTICLE 62
Review of the Agreement
The Contracting Parties may review this Agreement 3 years after its entry into force.
ARTICLE 63
Denunciation
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1. Any Contracting Party may denounce this Agreement not less than 5 years after its entry into force for that Contracting Party by giving notice in writing to that effect to the Secretary General and withdrawing therefrom.
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2. Withdrawal shall take effect 6 months after the date of the written notice mentioned in paragraph 1.
ARTICLE 64
Depositary
The Secretary General shall perform all depositary functions in relation to this Agreement.
ARTICLE 65
Termination
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1. This Agreement shall terminate if at any time less than 3 Contracting Parties continue to participate in the regime established by this Agreement. In the absence of such termination, this Agreement shall remain in force indefinitely.
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2. In the event of withdrawal from or termination of this Agreement, all rights acquired thereunder shall be maintained, and negotiations shall take place for the settlement of any rights then in the course of acquisition by operation of the provisions hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorised by their respective Governments, have affixed their signatures to this Agreement.
Done at ................................. this ................................ day of ..................................., 1996 in a single copy which shall be deposited with the Caribbean Community Secretariat which shall transfer certified copies to all the Contracting Parties.
Signed by
For the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, on March 1, 1996
at Georgetown, Guyana
Signed by
For the Government of The Bahamas, on
at
Signed by
For the Government of Barbados, on 01–03–1996
at Georgetown, Guyana
Signed by
For the Government of Belize, on 01/03/96
at Georgetown, Guyana
Signed by
For the Government of Dominica, on 1st March, 1996
At Georgetown, Guyana
Signed by
For the Government of Grenada, on
at
Signed by
For the Government of Guyana, on 21st March, 1996
at Georgetown, Guyana
Signed by
For the Government of Jamaica, on March 1, 1996
at Georgetown, Guyana
Signed by
For the Government of Montserrat on
at
Signed by
For the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis, on 6 July 1996
at St. Michael, Barbados
Signed by
For the Government of St. Lucia, on March 1, 1996
at Georgetown, Guyana
Signed by
For the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on
Signed by
For the Government of Suriname, on
at
Signed by
For the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, on 1/3/96
at Georgetown, Guyana.