Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00104:section:514
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00104
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 514
Character Range: 717933–719147

514  Recoverable amounts and debtors
 (1) If:
 (a) the Commonwealth pays an amount to an entity by way of:
 (i) subsidy; or
 (ii) a grant under Division 7 of Part 2 of Chapter 4; and
 (b) the entity was not entitled for any reason to the payment of the amount;
then:
 (c) the amount is a recoverable amount; and
 (d) the entity is a debtor in relation to the recoverable amount.
 (2) Without limiting paragraph (1)(b), an entity is taken not to have been entitled to the payment of an amount if the payment should not have been made for one or more of the following reasons:
 (a) the payment was made as a result of:
 (i) a computer error or an administrative error; or
 (ii) a contravention of this Act; or
 (iii) a false or misleading statement or a misrepresentation; or
 (iv) incorrect information being provided in purported compliance with this Act;
 (b) if the amount was paid by way of subsidy—the circumstances of an individual are different from those on the basis of which subsidy was claimed (including where incorrect information was provided in relation to the claim for the payment);
 (c) if the amount was paid by way of a grant—a statutory funding condition that applies to the grant is not met.