Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1992 - SECT 136

  (1)   If:

  (a)   an amount of compensation under this Act has been paid to a person by an employer as a result of a false or misleading statement or representation, or in consequence of a failure to comply with a provision of this Act; or

  (b)   an amount of compensation that has been paid to a person by an employer under this Act should not have been paid; or

  (c)   a person is liable to pay an amount to an employer under this Act;

the amount concerned is recoverable from the person by the employer as a debt.

  (2)   If:

  (a)   an amount is recoverable from a person under subsection   (1); and

  (b)   an amount is payable under this Act to, or for the benefit of, that person;

the recoverable amount may be deducted from the amount so payable.