Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PRIVACY ACT 1988 No. 119, 1988 - SECT 57

57. (1) Where a determination to which this Division applies includes a
declaration of the kind referred to in subparagraph 52 (1) (b) (iii) or
subsection 52 (3), the complainant is entitled to be paid the amount specified
in the declaration.

(2) Where the respondent to the determination is an agency that has the
capacity to sue and be sued, an amount referred to in subsection (1) is
recoverable as a debt due by the agency to the complainant.

(3) In any other case, the amount is recoverable as a debt due by the
Commonwealth to the complainant.