Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if the Commonwealth makes a recoverable payment.
(2) The Commonwealth is taken to have the power to make the recoverable payment.
Note: The Minister may also determine that the State or Territory repay the amount (see Division 2).
Appropriation
(3) If the recoverable payment was purportedly made in accordance with a determination made under section 25, then section 126 (appropriation) applies as if the recoverable payment were made in accordance with the determination.
(4) If the recoverable payment was purportedly made in accordance with a determination made under paragraph 28(1)(b), then section 126 applies as if the recoverable payment were made in accordance with the determination.
(5) If the recoverable payment was purportedly made in accordance with a determination made under paragraph 29(1)(aa), then section 126 applies as if the recoverable payment were made in accordance with the determination.