A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
This section applies if a debt owed by an approved provider is to be recovered by the Commonwealth by means of setting off the debt against a payment referred to in paragraph 82(1)(c) (child care service payments).
[ CCH Note: No 79 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 1 item 34(2) contains the following application provisions:
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(2)
Subsection 87A(1) of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 , as amended by this Act, applies in relation to:
(a) debts arising on or after the commencement of this item; and
(b) debts arising before that commencement, to the extent that the debts were outstanding immediately before that commencement.
87A(2)
The Secretary must determine the amount by which the payment is to be reduced. The determination has effect accordingly.
87A(3)
A determination under subsection (2) may cover one or more payments and may make different provision for different payments.
87A(4)
The Secretary may vary a determination under subsection (2).
87A(5)
If a payment is reduced by an amount in accordance with this section, the debt is reduced by that amount.
87A(6)
A determination under subsection (2) is not a legislative instrument.
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