Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If an APS employee receives any non - Commonwealth remuneration for performing duties as an APS employee, then the Agency Head may give a notice in writing to the employee in relation to the whole, or a specified part, of the remuneration.
(2) The amount notified by the Agency Head:
(a) is taken to have been received by the employee on behalf of the Commonwealth; and
(b) may be recovered by the Commonwealth from the employee as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(3) If an Agency Head receives any non - Commonwealth remuneration for performing duties as an Agency Head, then the Agency Minister may give a notice in writing to the Agency Head in relation to the whole, or a specified part, of the remuneration.
(4) The amount notified by the Agency Minister:
(a) is taken to have been received by the Agency Head on behalf of the Commonwealth; and
(b) may be recovered by the Commonwealth from the Agency Head as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(5) In this section:
"non-Commonwealth remuneration" means any remuneration from a person other than the Commonwealth.