Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsWhere an amount by way of a payment under the scheme has been paid to a person in consequence of the making of a statement, or the presentation of a document, by or on behalf of the person, being a statement or document that was, whether to the knowledge of the person or not, false or misleading in a material particular, an amount equal to the amount of the payment is recoverable from the person by the Commonwealth in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Commonwealth.