Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) and section 238 of the Administration Act, an education entry payment is absolutely inalienable, whether by way of, or in consequence of, sale, assignment, charge, execution, bankruptcy or otherwise.
(2) The Secretary may make a deduction from an education entry payment payable to a person if the person asks the Secretary:
(a) to make the deduction; and
(b) to pay the amount to be deducted to the Commissioner of Taxation.
(3) The Secretary may make a deduction from a person's education entry payment if the person consents under section 1234A to the Secretary making that deduction.
Note: Section 1234A enables the Secretary to recover a debt from a person other than the debtor if the person is receiving a social security payment.