Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00163:section:102a:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00163
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 102A (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 123388–125934

102A  Debt waiver—farm household allowance paid for days occurring on or after 1 July 2015 and before 1 July 2020

Debts arising before commencement
 (1) If, before the commencement of this subsection, an amount of farm household allowance paid to a person in relation to days occurring on or after 1 July 2015 and before 1 July 2020:
 (a) was a debt due to the Commonwealth because of section 70 (as in force immediately before 1 July 2020); or
 (b) was a debt due to the Commonwealth because of a new determination covered by paragraphs 69(1)(b) and (c) (as in force immediately before 1 July 2020) made before that commencement that the person's rate of farm household allowance for one or more of those days was reduced to nil;
then the Secretary may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, waive the Commonwealth's right to recover the whole or a part of the debt (whether or not the debt has already been recovered in whole or in part).
 (2) The Secretary must not give a waiver under subsection (1) unless at the end of the day before the waiver the total number of days for which farm household allowance has been payable to the person, in the 10‑year period beginning on 1 July 2014, is less than 1,460 days.
 (3) The Secretary must not give a waiver under subsection (1) if the operation of subsection (4) in relation to the waiver would lead to the total number of days for which farm household allowance is payable to the person, in the 10‑year period beginning on 1 July 2014, exceeding 1,460 days.
 (4) If the Secretary gives a waiver under subsection (1), then, for the purposes of subsection 6(1A) and in addition to subsection 6(4), there is taken to be a further number of days for which farm household allowance is payable to the person in the 10‑year period beginning on 1 July 2014. That number is worked out in accordance with the following method statement.

      Method statement
           Step 1. Work out the dollar amount that is waived.
           Step 2. Divide the amount at step 1 by $45.
           Step 3. Round the result at step 2 down to the nearest whole number.
           Step 4. The result at step 3 is the number of days.
 (5) If:
 (a) before the commencement of this subsection, an amount of farm household allowance was paid to a person in relation to days occurring on or after 1 July 2015 and before 1 July 2020; and
 (b) before that commencement, a part of that amount was a debt due to the Commonwealth because of a new determination covered by paragraphs 69(1)(b) and (c) (as in force immediately before