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Person other than payee obtaining payment of a cheque

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Volume 1Parts 1 to 5 (sections 1 to 152D)
Part 4Overpayments and debt recovery
Division 2Amounts recoverable under this Act

74 Person other than payee obtaining payment of a cheque

If:

(a)

an amount of family assistance, one‑off payment to families, economic security strategy payment to families, back to school bonus, single income family bonus, clean energy advance, ETR payment, 2020 economic support payment, additional economic support payment 2020 or additional economic support payment 2021 is paid by cheque; and

(b)

a person other than the payee obtains possession of the cheque from the payee; and

(c)

the cheque is not endorsed by the payee to the person; and

(d)

the person obtains value for the cheque;

the amount of the cheque is a debt due by the person to the Commonwealth.

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Section 74 — Person other than payee obtaining payment of a cheque — A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 (Commonwealth) — Barrister AI