Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018A00064:clause:5_99aba
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018A00064
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 5 cl 99ABA
Character Range: 69269–69918

99ABA  Recovery of amounts for false or misleading statements
 (1) This section applies if, as a result of the making of a false or misleading statement, an amount paid, purportedly by way of benefit or payment under this Act, exceeds the amount (if any) that should have been paid.
 (2) The amount of the excess is recoverable as a debt due to the Commonwealth from:
 (a) the person by or on behalf of whom the statement was made; or
 (b) the estate of that person.
 (3) Subsection (2) applies whether or not:
 (a) the amount was paid to the person; and
 (b) any person has been convicted of an offence in relation to the making of the statement.