SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 1222 General effect of Chapter

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SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 1222

General effect of Chapter

(1) This Chapter provides the methods for recovery by the Commonwealth of:

(a) debts owed to the Commonwealth under Part 5.2; and

(b) debts owed to the Commonwealth under section 1135; and

(ba) debts owed to the Commonwealth under Parts 3AA, 3B and 3D of the Administration Act; and

(ca) debts incurred under other Acts for failing to repay part or all of overpayments referred to in paragraph (c); and

(d) debts under subsection 11(6) of the Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 .

(2) The methods of recovery available for the various types of debt are set out in the following table:

Recovery methods table
Column 1 Item	Column 2 Debt	Column 3 Means	Column 4 Provision
1	1135 (pension loan debt)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
2	1223 (debt arising under this Act)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
3	1223AA (debt arising from prepayment)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
4	1223AB (debt arising from AAT stay order)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
4A	1223ABB (debts in respect of child disability assistance)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
4B	1223ABC (debts in respect of carer supplement for 2009)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
4C	1223ABD (debts in respect of carer supplement for 2010 and later years)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
4D	1223ABE (debts in respect of relocation scholarship payments)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
4E	1223ABF (debts in respect of student start-up loans)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
4F	1223ABG (debts in respect of one-off energy assistance payments)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
4G	1223ABH (debts in respect of 2019 one-off energy assistance payments)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
4H	1223ABI (debts in respect of first 2020 economic support payments)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
4J	1223ABJ (debts in respect of second 2020 economic support payments)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
4K	1223ABK (debts in respect of additional economic support payment 2020)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
4L	1223ABL (debts in respect of additional economic support payment 2021)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
4M	1223ABM (debts in respect of 2022 cost of living payment)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
5	1224AA	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
6	1224AB (conviction of person for involvement in offence by debtor)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
7	1224B (education entry payment)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
8	1224C (Data-matching program debts)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
9	1224D (mobility allowance advance debt)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
10	1224E (debt arising from advance payments of social security entitlements)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
11	1225 (compensation debt)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
12	1226 (compensation payer and insurer debts)	legal proceedings	1232
13	1226A (compensation arrears debt)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
14	1227 (assurance of support debt)	enforcement of security deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1230C 1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
15	1227B (youth training allowance debts)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
15A	1228A (comparable foreign payment debts)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
16	1229C (interest on debt)	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234
18	1230 (garnishee notice debt)	legal proceedings garnishee notice	1232 1233
19	1230A (garnishee notice debt under 1947 Act)	legal proceedings garnishee notice	1232 1233
20	Parts 3AA, 3B and 3D of the Administration Act	deductions legal proceedings garnishee notice repayment by instalments	1231, 1234A 1232 1233 1234

Note: An additional 10% penalty is payable in some cases: see section 1228B.

(3) If a person:

(a) has received an overpayment under certain other Acts or schemes; or

(b) has incurred a debt under another Act (whether before or after the commencement of this paragraph) for failing to repay part or all of such an overpayment;

the amount of the overpayment or debt may be recoverable by means of deductions from the person's social security payment.

Note: For deductions see section 1231.

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