Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

A NEW TAX SYSTEM (FAMILY ASSISTANCE) (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 71G

  (1)   If:

  (a)   an amount is paid to a provider under the family assistance law; and

  (b)   before the payment is made:

  (i)   the provider's approval, or the provider's approval in respect of a service, is suspended by operation of section   197AB; or

  (ii)   the provider's approval is cancelled by operation of subsection   197L(1); or

  (iii)   the provider's approval is varied to remove a service from the approval by operation of subsection   197L(3); and

  (c)   because of that suspension, cancellation or variation, the recipient should not have been paid the amount;

the amount paid is a debt due to the Commonwealth by the provider.

  (2)   If:

  (a)   a fee reduction amount is paid to a provider under section   67EB in relation to a session of care provided by a child care service of the provider on a day; and

  (b)   after the payment is made, one of the following events occurs and takes effect on or before the day:

  (i)   the provider's approval is cancelled or suspended (other than by operation of section   197AB or subsection   197L(1));

  (ii)   the provider's approval is varied to remove the service from the approval (other than by operation of subsection   197L(3));

  (iii)   the provider's approval in respect of the service is suspended (other than by operation of section   197AB);

so much of the fee reduction amount as relates to the session of care is a debt due to the Commonwealth by the provider.