Overpayment if payment of lump sum under section 138
204A Overpayment if payment of lump sum under section 138
This section applies if the Commission makes a determination under subsection 203(1) in relation to a person where subparagraph 199(1)(a)(iii) applies.
An amount, equal to so much of the lump sum under section 138 as is worked out in accordance with a legislative instrument made by the Commission under this subsection, is taken to be an amount of compensation that should not have been paid to the person.
Section 415 allows the Commission to recover that amount as a debt due to the Commonwealth and allows that amount to be deducted from an amount that is payable under this Act.
Section 1228 of the Social Security Act 1991 provides that amount is recoverable under that Act by means of deductions from payments under that Act.
Section 205 of the VEA provides that amount is recoverable under that Act by means of deductions from payments under that Act.
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