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VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 52ZKA

Repayment or recovery of debt after pension loans scheme ceases to operate

  (1)   The debt owed by a person under section   52ZC, at the time the pension loans scheme ceases to operate in relation to the person by operation of section   52ZJ, 52ZJA or 52ZK, may be repaid by the person at any time.

Note 1:   Section   52ZJ provides that a person ceases to participate in the scheme if the debt owed by the person exceeds the maximum loan available.

Note 1A:   Section   52ZJA provides that the scheme ceases to operate in relation to a person if the Commission is satisfied that the person ceases to be eligible to participate in the scheme and the Commission determines that the scheme ceases to operate in relation to the person.

Note 2:   Section   52ZK provides for a person to withdraw from the scheme.

  (2)   If the debt owed by the person is not repaid by the person at the time the scheme ceases to operate in relation to the person, compound interest continues to accrue, and forms part of the debt, in accordance with Step 3 of the Method statement in subsection   52ZC(3), until the debt is repaid or recovered.

  (3)   If the debt is not repaid under subsection   (1) of this section, subject to section   52ZG the Commonwealth is entitled to recover the debt.

Note:   Section   52ZG provides that a debt cannot be recovered from a person until after the person's death.



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