Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 1224AA

    If:

  (a)   an amount of a social security payment or an amount of fares allowance is paid by cheque; and

  (b)   a person other than the payee obtains possession of the cheque from the payee; and

  (c)   the cheque is not endorsed by the payee to the person; and

  (d)   the person obtains value for the cheque;

the amount of the cheque is a debt due by the person to the Commonwealth.