Budget Savings (Omnibus) Act 2016 (55 of 2016)

Schedule 13   Debt recovery

Part 2   Removal of 6-year limit on debt recovery

Social Security Act 1991

36   At the end of Part 5.3

Add:

1234B No time limit on debt recovery action

For the purposes of this Chapter, legal proceedings, or any action under a provision of this Chapter, for the recovery of a debt or overpayment may be commenced or taken at any time.


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