Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Act 2014

CHAPTER 4 - Administration  

PART 4.3 - OVERPAYMENT DEBTS  

SECTION 96   WAIVER OF OVERPAYMENT DEBT ARISING FROM ERROR  

96(1)    
If subsection (2) applies in relation to an overpayment debt, the Secretary must waive the right to recover so much of the debt as is attributable solely to an administrative error made by:


(a) the Commonwealth; or


(b) an authority of the Commonwealth; or


(c) an organisation that performs services for the Commonwealth.

96(2)    
This subsection applies in relation to an overpayment debt if the debt is raised after the end of whichever of the following periods ends later:


(a) the period of 6 weeks from the first payment that caused the debt;


(b) if the debt arose because a person has complied with a notification obligation - the period of 6 weeks from the end of the notification period.


 

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