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

PART 4 - OVERPAYMENTS AND DEBT RECOVERY  

Division 2 - Amounts recoverable under this Act  

SECTION 71E   Debts in respect of ACCS (child wellbeing) for provider - individual at fault  

71E(1)    
The Secretary may make a determination for an individual and a provider in the circumstances referred to in subsection (2). If the Secretary does so:


(a) the provider is taken not to have incurred a debt that, apart from the determination, was incurred by the provider under subsection 71B(1) or 71C(2) ; and


(b) the amount of the debt is instead a debt due to the Commonwealth by the individual.

71E(2)    
The circumstances are that:


(a) the individual makes a false or misleading statement; and


(b) because of the statement, the provider is paid an amount by way of ACCS (child wellbeing) for one or more sessions of care provided by a service to a child who was in the care of the individual immediately before the sessions of care were provided; and


(c) the provider incurs a debt under subsection 71B(1) or 71C(2) in relation to the payment.




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