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

Schedule 13   Debt recovery

Part 2   Removal of 6-year limit on debt recovery

Student Assistance Act 1973

40   Application provisions - paid parental leave amendments

(1) The amendments of the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 made by this Part apply in relation to:

(a) a debt that arises on or after the commencement of this item; and

(b) a debt that arose before the commencement of this item, to the extent that the debt was outstanding immediately before that commencement.

(2) Paragraph (1)(b) applies in relation to a debt only if, immediately before the commencement of this item, legal proceedings under section 183, or action under section 184, of the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 could be started or commenced for the recovery of the debt.