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6.7.2.70 Debt recovery by deductions from payments to third parties

Summary

SSAct section 1234A provides that debts incurred under the following acts may be recovered by deductions from the social security payment of person who is not the debtor, with that person's consent:

Social Security Act 1991
the 1947 Act
Student and Youth Assistance Act 1973
Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990
Farm Household Support Act 1992
Social Security (Fares Allowance) Rules 1998, or
Student Assistance Act 1973 Part 8 as in force before 1 July 1998.

Repayment of money recovered from a bankrupt debtor

Where money has been recovered from a bankrupt person by means of deductions by consent under SSAct section 1234A from the payment of a person who is not the debtor, the money should be repaid to the person from whose payments it was deducted.

Act reference: SSAct section 1234A Deductions by consent from social security payment of person who is not a debtor

Last reviewed: 12 August 2019

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