S.L. 318.23 Art. 5the age of for or 1. Zealand (a) (b) then the period of New presence. 2. For paragraph 1 paragraph 3 (a) (b) 3. If a contributions be taken into 1. Malta who calculated 2. For (a) (b) of income tax payable to a New Zealand deduction of New debt, fine, 4 of

A person who is ordinarily resident in Malta who has not reached entitlement to New Zealand superannuation shall be considered not qualified Article 6 Totalisation for New Zealand Benefits

Where this Agreement applies to a person and there is a period of New residence or New Zealand residence and presence that is:

less than the period necessary to give a person entitlement to the benefit claimed under the legislation of New Zealand; and equal to or greater than 1 continuous year of New Zealand working age residence, period of Maltese contributions by that person may be deemed to be a Zealand residence or, as the case requires, New Zealand residence and the purpose of determining entitlement to a New Zealand benefit under of this Article, the competent institution of New Zealand may, subject to of this Article:

consider a period of Maltese contributions after reaching age 20 to be a period when the person was both resident and present in New Zealand; but may only consider periods of Maltese contributions after reaching age 50 for the purpose of satisfying the requirement that a person be resident and present in New Zealand for 5 years after reaching that age.

period of New Zealand working age residence and a period of Maltese overlap, only the period of New Zealand working age residence shall account. Article 7

Rates of New Zealand superannuation and veteran’s pensions payable in Malta

Subject to paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article, the rate of New Zealand superannuation or a veteran’s pension payable to a person ordinarily resident in is entitled to receive it under Article 5 of this Agreement shall be according to the following formula:

Number of whole months of New Zealand working age residence × maximum benefit rate Amount payable = Number of whole months in 45 years the purposes of paragraph 1 of this Article: all periods of New Zealand working age residence shall be aggregated; and the maximum benefit rate is:

(i) for a single person, the weekly rate before the deduction of income tax of New Zealand superannuation or veteran’s pension payable to a single person who is not living alone, after any deduction required to be made from a benefit under the legislation of New Zealand (not being a deduction on account of any debt, fine, reparation, penalty, or of the kind prohibited by paragraph 4 of this Article); or relationship, the weekly rate before the deduction of New Zealand superannuation or veteran’s pension person whose spouse or partner is also entitled to superannuation or a veteran’s pension after any required to be made from a benefit under the legislation Zealand (not being a deduction on account of any reparation, penalty, or of the kind prohibited by paragraph this Article).