Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00465:section:130:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00465
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 130 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 300735–302174

or after the first‑mentioned judgment) against the same person in favour of the person in whose favour the first‑mentioned judgment was given, or in favour of another person, is served in accordance with that subsection, a payment shall not be made in pursuance of this section to the judgment creditor under the other judgment in respect of the amount due under that judgment until the amount due under the first‑mentioned judgment has been paid.
 (7) A payment made to a judgment creditor in pursuance of this section shall, as between the Commonwealth and the person entitled to benefit under this Act, be deemed to be a payment by the Commonwealth to the person entitled to benefit.
 (8) A judgment creditor commits an offence if:
 (a) the judgment creditor serves a copy of a judgment on CSC under subsection (1); and
 (b) the judgment creditor does not notify CSC immediately the judgment debt is satisfied.
Penalty:
 (a) if the offender is a natural person—imprisonment for 3 months or 1 penalty unit; or
 (b) if the offender is a body corporate—5 penalty units.
 (9) If the amounts paid in pursuance of this section to a judgment creditor in respect of a judgment exceed, in the aggregate, the amount due under the judgment, the excess is repayable by the judgment creditor to the judgment debtor and, in default of payment, may be recovered by the judgment debtor from the judgment creditor in any court of competent jurisdiction.