Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A compensation payer or insurer who contravenes section 1184D is, in addition to being liable under that section, liable to pay to the Commonwealth:
(a) if the contravention relates to a notice under section 1182--an amount determined by the Secretary; or
(b) if the contravention relates to a notice under section 1184--the recoverable amount specified in the notice.
(2) The amount determined by the Secretary under paragraph (1)(a) must not be more than the smallest of the amounts worked out:
(a) if the person is not a member of a couple--under subsection 1184A(1), (2) or (4), as the case requires; or
(b) if the person is a member of a couple--under subsection 1184A(1), (2), (3) or (4), as the case requires.
(3) This section applies in relation to a payment by way of compensation in spite of any law of a State or Territory (however expressed) under which the compensation is inalienable.