Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Act 2017 (22 of 2017)

Schedule 1   Main amendments

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

98   Subsections 82(1) and (2)

Repeal the subsections, substitute:

(1) A debt owed by a person is recoverable by the Commonwealth by one or more of the following means:

(a) deductions from instalments of family tax benefit to which the person is entitled;

(b) setting off family assistance to which the person is entitled against the debt;

(c) setting off against one or more child care service payments that are to be made to the person;

(d) repayment by instalments under an arrangement entered into under section 91;

(e) if section 92 applies to another person who is entitled to be paid family tax benefit by instalment - deductions from that other person's instalments of family tax benefit;

(f) if section 92A applies to another person who is entitled to family assistance - setting off (otherwise than as mentioned in paragraph (b)) the family assistance against the debt;

(g) the application of an income tax refund owed to the person;

(h) if section 93 applies to another person to whom an income tax refund is owed - the application of that refund;

(i) legal proceedings;

(j) garnishee notice.

Note: For child care service payment see subsection 3(1).