Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Act] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]

MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 140S

Liability to pay amounts

  (1)   This section applies if a person who is or was an approved sponsor is required to pay an amount of a kind prescribed in the regulations to the Commonwealth, a State or Territory or another person (the payee ) in relation to a sponsorship obligation.

  (2)   The payee may recover the amount as a debt due to the payee in an eligible court.

  (3)   To avoid doubt, an amount may be recovered under this section if proceedings for a civil penalty order are brought under Part   8D and discontinued or completed without the court making an order of a kind referred to in subsection   486S(4) in relation to the amount.

  (4)   For the purpose of paragraph   (e) of the definition of eligible court , the regulations may prescribe a court of a State or Territory in which an amount may be recovered under this section.


AustLII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback