(2) The debt is to be deducted from the * group payments made to the operator in the following way:
Method statement
Step 1. Take the amount, decided under subsection (3), by which each * group payment made to the operator is to be reduced.
Step 2. Each group payment to the operator is to be reduced by that amount, until the sum of those amounts is equal to the debt.
Note 2: The amount of a deduction is to be specified in the relevant * group payment notice--see paragraph 60(3)(c).
(4) If an operator makes a request in writing to the Secretary for a higher or lower rate of reduction, the Secretary may decide the amount by which each *group payment is to be reduced, and, if requested by the operator, may vary the amount from time to time.
(5) Subject to section 148, the debt must be deducted unless:
(b) the amount is recovered by the Commonwealth under another provision of this Chapter.