Privacy Act 1988
This section applies if:
(a) a determination under section 52 applies in relation to a contracted service provider for a Commonwealth contract; and
(b) the determination includes:
(i) a declaration under subparagraph 52(1)(b)(iii) that the complainant is entitled to a specified amount by way of compensation; or
(ia) a declaration under paragraph 52(1A)(d) that one or more individuals are entitled to a specified amount by way of the compensation; or
(ii) a declaration under subsection 52(3) that the complainant is entitled to a specified amount by way of reimbursement; and
(c) at a particular time after the determination was made, the provider:
(i) dies or ceases to exist; or
(ii) becomes bankrupt or insolvent, commences to be wound up, applies to take the benefit of a law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with creditors or makes an assignment of any property for the benefit of creditors; and
(d) at that time, the complainant or individuals had not been paid the whole or part of an amount referred to in paragraph (b).
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Hide history note53B(2)
The Commissioner may determine in writing that the determination under section 52 instead applies in relation to a specified agency to which services were or were to be provided under the contract. The determination has effect according to its terms for the purposes of section 60 .
Note:
This means that the amount owed by the contracted service provider will be a debt due by the agency to the complainant or individuals.
53B(3) [Agency requires notice and opportunity to appear]
Before making a determination, the Commissioner must give the agency:
(a) a notice stating that the Commissioner proposes to make the determination and stating the reasons for the proposal; and
(b) an opportunity to appear before the Commissioner and to make oral and/or written submissions relating to the proposed determination.
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