Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 1184C

  (1)   Payment to the Commonwealth of an amount that a compensation payer is liable to pay under section   1184 in relation to a person operates, to the extent of the payment, as a discharge of the compensation payer's liability to pay compensation to the person.

  (2)   Payment to the Commonwealth of an amount that an insurer is liable to pay under section   1184 in relation to a person operates, to the extent of the payment, as a discharge of:

  (a)   the insurer's liability to the compensation payer; and

  (b)   the compensation payer's liability to pay compensation to the person.