Queensland Consolidated Acts

BUILDING BOOST GRANT ACT 2011 - SECT 84

84 Commissioner may impose penalty

(1) This section applies if—

(a) either—

(i) the applicant (the
"recipient" ) for a building boost grant contravenes section 35 (3) or 36 (2) or a repayment requirement; or

(ii) the commissioner wrongly pays a building boost grant to the applicant for the grant or another person (each, also the
"recipient" ); and

(b) either or both of the following apply—

(i) the commissioner gives the recipient a repayment notice for the amount of the grant and the recipient does not pay the amount within the period stated in the notice;

(ii) the building boost grant is wrongly paid because of a contravention of section 81 in relation to the application for the grant.

(2) The commissioner may give the recipient a notice (a
"penalty notice" ) stating—

(a) the grounds on which the commissioner is satisfied of the contravention; and

(b) the facts and circumstances that are the basis for the grounds; and

(c) that the recipient must pay a penalty of no more than the amount of the wrongly paid grant (the
"penalty amount" ) within a period of at least 60 days.

Note—

A penalty notice may also be given under section 116 (2) .

(3) The penalty notice must also include or be accompanied by a decision notice for the decision to issue the penalty notice.