Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02670:body:0:p44
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02670
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 107553–110058

or such lesser amount as is, in the opinion of the Paying Officer, sufficient to satisfy the balance of the judgment debt.
"(4) There is payable to the Commonwealth, by a judgment creditor who causes a copy of a judgment to be served on a Paying Officer under this section, an administration fee, at the prescribed rate, in respect of the making of such deduction as is, or such deductions as are, made under this section in relation to the judgment debt.
"(5) Where an amount is deducted in respect of a judgment debt, under sub-section (3), from the salary becoming payable to an officer on a pay-day, the Paying Officer shall, subject to sub-section (6), cause the amount so deducted to be paid to the judgment creditor.
"(6) Where an amount is deducted in respect of a judgment debt under sub-section (3) and the whole or part of the administration fee payable in relation to the debt has not been paid, the Paying Officer shall—
     (a) apply, in or towards payment of that fee, the amount of the deduction or so much of the amount of the deduction as is equal to the amount payable by way of, or in respect of, that fee; and
     (b) if the whole of the amount of the deduction is not applied in accordance with paragraph (a)—pay an amount equal to the balance to the judgment creditor.
"(7) Upon the application, in or towards payment of the administration fee payable in relation to that judgment debt, of an amount deducted in respect of a judgment debt from the salary becoming payable to an officer on a pay-day—
     (a) the judgment creditor shall be deemed to have paid the amount so applied to the Commonwealth in satisfaction, or partial satisfaction, as the case requires, of the administration fee;
     (b) an amount equal to the amount so applied shall be deemed to have been paid by the Commonwealth to the officer on account of salary payable to the officer on that pay-day; and
     (c) an amount equal to the amount so applied shall also be deemed to have been paid by the officer to the judgment creditor in respect of the judgment debt.
"(8) Upon payment being made, in relation to a deduction from the salary becoming payable to an officer on a pay-day, of an amount to a judgment creditor under sub-section (5) or (6)—

     (a) an amount equal to the amount so paid shall be deemed to have been paid by the Commonwealth to the officer on account of salary payable to the officer on that pay-day; and
     (b) an amount equal to the amount so paid shall also be deemed to have