Family and Community Services and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (2003 Budget and Other Measures) Act 2003 (122 of 2003)

Schedule 3   Assurances of support

Part 2   Consequential amendments

Social Security Act 1991

8   At the end of section 1230C

Add:

(5) This section does not prevent the recovery of an assurance of support debt by the enforcement at any time of a security given in connection with the relevant assurance of support. It does not matter:

(a) whether or not the enforcement involves legal proceedings; or

(b) whether the enforcement occurs before or after seeking to recover the debt by means of another method described in this section.