Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00130:section:71b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00130
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 71B
Character Range: 318837–320199

71B  Debts in respect of CCS or ACCS—no entitlement
 (1) If:
 (a) an amount is paid to an individual (the recipient) by way of CCS for one or more sessions of care, but the recipient is not entitled to be paid CCS for the sessions of care; or
 (b) an amount is paid to an individual (the recipient) by way of a kind of ACCS for one or more sessions of care, but the recipient is not entitled to be paid that kind of ACCS for the sessions of care; or
 (c) an amount is paid to a provider (the recipient) by way of ACCS (child wellbeing) for a session of care provided to a child, but the recipient is not entitled to be paid ACCS (child wellbeing) for the session of care;
the amount is a debt due to the Commonwealth by the recipient.
 (2) If:
 (a) a payment is made under Division 5 of Part 3A to a financial institution for the credit of an account kept with the institution (an incorrect account); and
 (b) the Secretary is satisfied that the amount was intended to be paid for the credit of an account kept in the name of a person who is not the person, or one of the persons, in whose name the incorrect account is kept;
an amount equal to the amount of the payment made to the institution is, subject to subsection 93A(5), a debt due to the Commonwealth by the person, or jointly and severally by the persons, in whose name the incorrect account is kept.