Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If a person is liable to pay an assurance of support debt, the debt is a debt due to the Commonwealth.
"assurance of support debt" means:
(a) a debt due and payable by a person to the Commonwealth, or a liability of a person to the Commonwealth, because of the operation of:
(i) subregulation 165(1) of the Migration (1989) Regulations as in force on or before 19 December 1991; or
(ii) regulation 164C of the Migration (1989) Regulations as in force after 19 December 1991 and before 1 February 1993; or
(iii) Part 5 of the Migration (1993) Regulations as in force on or after 1 February 1993; or
(iv) Division 2.7 of the Migration Regulations 1994 as in force on or after 1 September 1994;
in respect of the payment to another person of a social security payment of a kind mentioned in subregulation 2.38(1) of the Migration Regulations 1994 ; or
(b) a liability of a person to the Commonwealth because of the
operation of section 1061ZZGG.