Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01121:reg:20
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01121
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 20
Character Range: 24127–26019

20  Paying officers
 (1) If the Commissioner is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that the making of deductions from a debtor's salary is required to satisfy a judgment debt, the Commissioner must appoint, in writing, one or more persons as paying officers for the debtor for the purpose of making those deductions.
 (2) However, if the Commissioner is the debtor:
 (a) the Commissioner must not appoint a paying officer under subsection (1); and
 (b) the Commissioner must act under this subsection without considering whether the making of deductions from the Commissioner's salary is required; and
 (c) the Commissioner must, in writing, delegate the Commissioner's power under subsection (1) to appoint a paying officer to a senior executive AFP employee; and
 (d) the senior executive AFP employee must:
 (i) decide whether the making of deductions from the Commissioner's salary is required to satisfy the judgment debt; and
 (ii) if the senior executive AFP employee decides that the making of deductions is required to satisfy the judgment debt—appoint, in writing, a person as a paying officer for the Commissioner for the purpose of making those deductions; and
 (e) the Commissioner must not take any action, or make any arrangement, in relation to the administration under this Division of the Commissioner's debt, other than:
 (i) making the delegation mentioned in paragraph (c); and
 (ii) if a paying officer is appointed for the Commissioner—assisting the paying officer in satisfying the judgment debt.
 (3) If a person is appointed as a paying officer for a debtor:
 (a)  the appointment authorises the person to act as a paying officer only in relation to that debtor; and
 (b) the person is responsible for making deductions from the debtor's salary to satisfy the judgment debt against the debtor.
 (4) A debtor must not be appointed as a paying officer for the debtor.