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CHILD CARE PAYMENTS ACT 1997 No. 195 of 1997 - SECT 155

Secretary may write off debt (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Secretary may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, decide to write off a debt, for a stated period or otherwise.

(2) The Secretary may decide to write off a debt under subsection (1) if, and only if:

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), a debt is taken to be irrecoverable at law if, and only if:

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), if a debt is recoverable by means of deductions under section 146 or 147, the person is taken to have a capacity to repay the debt unless recovery by those means would cause the person severe financial hardship.

(5) A decision made under subsection (1) takes effect:

(6) Nothing in this section prevents anything being done at any time to recover a debt that has been written off under this section.



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