Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00582:section:185
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00582
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 185
Character Range: 292985–293579

185  Garnishee notices—amounts paid in compliance
 (1) A person who makes a payment to the Commonwealth in compliance with a garnishee notice is taken to have made the payment under the authority of the original debtor and of any other person concerned.
 (2) If, after a garnishee notice is given to a garnishee, an amount is paid by another person in reduction or in satisfaction of the original debt:
 (a) the Secretary must notify the garnishee accordingly; and
 (b) the amount of the unpaid debt stated in the garnishee notice is taken to be reduced by an amount equal to the amount paid.