Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00825:section:143a:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00825
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 143A (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 456163–457608

a copy of another judgment given (whether before or after the first‑mentioned judgment) against the same pensioner or beneficiary 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, the Board shall not make a payment 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 out of an amount of benefit payable to a person shall be deemed to be a payment of benefit to the person entitled to benefit.
 (8) A judgment creditor who serves a copy of a judgment on the Board under subsection (1) must, within 21 days after the day that the judgment debt is satisfied, notify the Board, in such manner as is prescribed, that the judgment debt is satisfied.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
Note: Part IA of the Crimes Act 1914 contains provisions dealing with penalties.
 (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.