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6.7.1.100 Overpayments under other Acts

Summary

Where a person is receiving a social security payment under the SSAct, and they owe a debt under one of the Acts or schemes listed below, their debt is recoverable through deductions from their social security payment.

These Acts and schemes include:

  • a payment of pension or allowance under the VEA
  • a payment of family assistance within the meaning of the FAAct
  • a payment of compensation (within the meaning of the MRCA)
  • a payment of pension or allowance under the Veteran’s Affair's (1994-95 Budget Measures) Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994
  • a payment under the
    • Austudy Scheme, being the scheme under Part 2 of the Student Assistance Act 1973 as previously in force
    • ABSTUDY Schooling Scheme
    • ABSTUDY Tertiary Scheme (to the extent that it applies to full-time students)
    • AIC Scheme
    • Veterans' Children Education Scheme
    • Post-Graduate Awards Scheme
    • Adult Migrant Education Program Living Allowance
    • Maintenance Allowance for Refugees
    • ESL Allowance (to the extent that it applies to full-time students), or
  • an instalment of PLP
  • dad and partner pay
  • an amount paid to the person on or after 12 August 1988 for participating in a LMP as administered by the then Department of Education, Employment and Training
  • a debt owed under the Financial Case Management Scheme.

Act reference: SSAct section 1228 Overpayments arising under other Acts and schemes, section 1231 Deductions from debtor's pension, benefit or allowance

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