Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01082:reg:90
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01082
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 90
Character Range: 122408–124097

90  Paying officer
 (1) If an Agency Head believes that it is necessary to make deductions from the salary of a debtor in the Agency, the Agency Head must appoint one or more persons as paying officers for the purpose of making those deductions.
 (2) However, if the Agency Head is the debtor:
 (a) the Agency Head must not appoint a paying officer under subsection (1); and
 (b) the Agency Head must act under this subsection without considering whether the making of deductions from the Agency Head's salary is required; and
 (c) the Agency Head must, in writing, delegate the function under subsection (1) to appoint a paying officer to an SES employee in the Agency; and
 (d) the SES employee mentioned in paragraph (c) must:
 (i) decide whether the making of deductions from the Agency Head's salary is required; and
 (ii) if the SES employee decides that the making of the deductions is required—appoint a person as a paying officer for the purpose of making those deductions; and
 (e) the Agency Head must not take any action, or make any arrangement, in relation to the administration under this Part of the Agency Head's debt, other than:
 (i) making the delegation mentioned in paragraph (c); and
 (ii) if a paying officer is appointed—assisting the paying officer in the repayment of the debt.
 (3) If a person is appointed as a paying officer:
 (a) the appointment authorises the person to act as a paying officer only in relation to the debtor to whom the appointment relates; and
 (b) the person is responsible for making deductions from the debtor's salary to satisfy the judgment debt against the debtor.
 (4) A debtor is not authorised to be the debtor's paying officer.