If:
(a) an amount (the first amount ) is payable under section 179 or 180 by a person; and
(b) the following conditions are satisfied in relation to another amount (the second amount ):
(i) the amount is payable by the Commonwealth to the person;
(ii) the amount is of a kind specified in the regulations or the legislative rules;
the Regulator may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, set off the whole or a part of the first amount against the whole or a part of the second amount.