Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies:
(a) to a person if the person is entitled to an amount of family assistance; and
(b) to a debt owed by the person if:
(i) under section 82, the debt is recoverable by the Commonwealth by means of setting off family assistance to which the person is entitled against the debt; or
(ii) the debt is a debt due by the person to the Commonwealth under the Social Security Act 1991 , the Data - matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 , the Farm Household Support Act 2014 , the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 , the Social Security Act 1947 , the Student Assistance Act 1973 , the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 or the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 ; or
(iii) the debt was incurred under Part 8 of the Student and Youth Assistance Act 1973 as in force before 1 July 1998.
(2) The Secretary may determine that the whole or a part of the entitlement is to be set off against the debt.
(3) Under subsection (2), the Secretary may set off a person's CCS or ACCS only against a debt the person incurs in relation to CCS or ACCS.
(4) If the Secretary makes a determination under subsection (2), the amount of the entitlement and the amount of the debt are reduced accordingly.