Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00484:section:46
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00484
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 46
Character Range: 49919–50779

46  Recovery of amounts paid because of false or misleading statements
 (1) This section applies if:
 (a) an amount is paid to a person:
 (i) purportedly by way of reimbursement to a person under subsection 13(4); or
 (ii) purportedly as travelling expenses under Part 3; and
 (b) as a result of making a false or misleading statement, the amount paid exceeds the amount (if any) that should have been paid.
 (2) The amount of the excess is recoverable, in a court of competent jurisdiction, 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 by or on behalf of whom the statement was made; and
 (b) any person has been convicted of an offence in relation to the making of the statement.