Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012A00082:clause:1_20
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012A00082
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 20
Character Range: 6529–7039

20  After subsection 4A(7)
Insert:

Recovery of Commonwealth costs
 (7A) An amount payable by the Australian Animal Health Council under subsection (1A):
 (a) is a debt due to the Commonwealth; and
 (b) may be recovered by the Minister, on behalf of the Commonwealth, by action in a court of competent jurisdiction.

Setting off Council payment to Commonwealth
 (7B) The Commonwealth may set off an amount payable to it under subsection (1A) against a payment the Commonwealth must make under subsection (1).