Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00140:clause:1_4:p63
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00140
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 4 (pt 63/67)
Character Range: 442202–444955

to the person an amount equal to that excess.

144‑20  Reviews of this Division
 (1) The Minister must cause to be conducted independent reviews of the operation of this Division before:
 (a) 1 July 2025; and
 (b) 1 July 2028.
 (1A) Each review must consider, and make recommendations to the Commonwealth Government about, the expansion of the policy implemented by this Division to other sectors of high skills need in rural, remote and very remote Australia, including the health, mental health and education sectors.
 (1B) Each review should consult with rural and remote communities and their health, mental health and education service providers and specifically, the following must be consulted as part of each review:
 (a) the National Rural Health Commissioner;
 (b) the Regional Education Commissioner.

Report
 (2) The Minister must cause to be prepared a report of each review under subsection (1) within 3 months of the commencement of the relevant review.
 (3) The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the completion of the report.

Response to report
 (4) The Minister must:
 (a) prepare a written statement in response to the report; and
 (b) cause a copy of the statement to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 30 sitting days of that House after the copy of the report is tabled in that House.

Part 4‑2—Discharge of indebtedness

Division 148—Introduction

148‑1  What this Part is about

      A person who owes a debt to the Commonwealth under this Chapter may make voluntary repayments.
      The person is required to make repayments, of amounts based on his or her income, if that income is above a particular amount. The Commissioner of Taxation makes assessments of repayment amounts, which are collected in the same way as amounts of income tax.

148‑3  The Overseas Debtors Repayment Guidelines
  Repayments by *foreign residents are also dealt with in the Overseas Debtors Repayment Guidelines. The provisions of this Part indicate when a particular matter is or may be dealt with in these Guidelines.
Note: The Overseas Debtors Repayment Guidelines are made by the Minister under section 238‑10.

Division 151—How is indebtedness voluntarily discharged?

151‑1  Voluntary repayments in respect of debts
 (1) A person may at any time make a payment in respect of a debt that the person owes to the Commonwealth under this Chapter.
 (2) The payment must be made to the *Commissioner.

151‑10  Application of voluntary repayments
 (1) Any money a person pays under this Division to meet the person's debts to the Commonwealth under this Chapter is to be applied in payment of those debts as the person directs at the time