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Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Act 2020

No. 37, 2020

Compilation No. 3

Compilation date: 11 August 2021

Includes amendments up to: Act No. 79, 2021

Registered: 6 September 2021

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Act 2020 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 11 August 2021 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Legislation Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.

Editorial changes

For more information about any editorial changes made in this compilation, see the endnotes.

Modifications

If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.

Self‑repealing provisions

If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.

Contents
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Object of this Act
4 Application to external Territories
5 General administration of this Act
6 Definitions
7 Coronavirus economic response payments
8 Method of paying Coronavirus economic response payments
9 Overpayments etc.
10 General interest charge on overpayment debts
11 Joint and several liability for overpayment debts
12 When the Commissioner is taken to have made a decision or given a notice
13 Review of the Commissioner's decision
14 No entitlement to payment unless record keeping requirements are met
15 Pre‑payment record keeping requirements
16 Post‑payment record keeping requirements
17 Commissioner may require records to be produced
18 Records that are lost or destroyed
19 Contrived schemes
20 Rules
21 Constitutional basis for this Act
Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
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