Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00130:section:71g
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00130
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 71G
Character Range: 328416–329875

71G  Debts where provider approval is suspended cancelled or varied
 (1) If:
 (a) an amount is paid to a provider under the family assistance law; and
 (b) before the payment is made:
 (i) the provider's approval, or the provider's approval in respect of a service, is suspended by operation of section 197AB; or
 (ii) the provider's approval is cancelled by operation of subsection 197L(1); or
 (iii) the provider's approval is varied to remove a service from the approval by operation of subsection 197L(3); and
 (c) because of that suspension, cancellation or variation, the recipient should not have been paid the amount;
the amount paid is a debt due to the Commonwealth by the provider.
 (2) If:
 (a) a fee reduction amount is paid to a provider under section 67EB in relation to a session of care provided by a child care service of the provider on a day; and
 (b) after the payment is made, one of the following events occurs and takes effect on or before the day:
 (i) the provider's approval is cancelled or suspended (other than by operation of section 197AB or subsection 197L(1));
 (ii) the provider's approval is varied to remove the service from the approval (other than by operation of subsection 197L(3));
 (iii) the provider's approval in respect of the service is suspended (other than by operation of section 197AB);
so much of the fee reduction amount as relates to the session of care is a debt due to the Commonwealth by the provider.