PART VIII
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REMISSIONS, REFUNDS, REBATES AND DRAWBACKS
SECTION 80
RECOVERY OF OVERPAYMENTS OF REFUNDS, REBATES AND DRAWBACKS
80(1)
Where an amount has, in whole or in part, been incorrectly paid to a person as a refund or drawback of Excise duty, the person to whom the amount was paid shall, on demand in writing being made by the CEO, pay to the Commonwealth an amount equal to the amount, or the part of the amount, incorrectly paid and, if the person fails to pay to the Commonwealth the amount demanded within such period as is specified in the demand, the amount may be recovered in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Commonwealth.
80(2)
Where a rebate of duty has been paid to a person and the whole or a part of the rebate was not payable to him or her, the person shall, on demand in writing made by the CEO, pay to the Commonwealth an amount equal to the whole or that part, as the case may be, of the amount of rebate paid to him or her and, if the person fails to pay to the Commonwealth the amount demanded within such period as is specified in the demand, the amount may be recovered in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Commonwealth.
History
S 80(2) amended by No 54 of 2003, s 3 and Sch 4 item 7, by omitting ``(other than diesel fuel rebate)'' after ``Where a rebate of duty'', effective 1 July 2003. For transitional provisions see note under s 78A.
S 80(2) amended by No 97 of 1997, s 3 Sch 2 item 11, by inserting ``(other than diesel fuel rebate)'' applicable only in relation to diesel fuel in respect of which an application for diesel fuel rebate is made under section 78A of this Act on or after 31 December 1997 (whether the fuel was purchased before or after 31 December 1997).
80(3)
(Repealed by No 97 of 1997)
History
S 80(3) repealed by No 97 of 1997, s 3 Sch 2 item 12, applicable only in relation to diesel fuel in respect of which an application for diesel fuel rebate is made under section 78A of this Act on or after 31 December 1997 (whether the fuel was purchased before or after 31 December 1997). S 80(3) formerly read:
80(3)
Where a court or the Administrative Appeals Tribunal determines, or an officer or employee of the Commonwealth performing duties in the Attorney-General's Department (being an officer or employee who is entitled, under section
55D
of the
Judiciary Act 1903
, to practise as a barrister and solicitor in any Territory) advises, in writing, that, in particular circumstances, the rebate, or a part of the rebate, paid to a person in respect of diesel fuel used by that person should not have been so paid, the CEO shall not, under subsection (2):
(a)
demand repayment of that rebate or that part of that rebate from that person; or
(b)
demand repayment of any amount of rebate paid, in similar circumstances, to any other person who, by reason of the operation of that decision, would appear not to have been entitled to that amount;
unless the person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b):
(c)
has been convicted of an offence against this Act in respect of the obtaining of that rebate; or
(d)
has been required to pay a penalty under subsection
78AB(1)
or (1A) in respect of that rebate and has paid that penalty.