Change of payment arrangements
32 Change of payment arrangements
The responsible authority may, after conducting a review under this Division, change the payment arrangements for a referable debt by—
reducing the amount payable, or
extending the time to pay, or
permitting the debt to be paid by instalments or reducing instalments.
The responsible authority must change the payment arrangements if required to do so by this Division.
Otherwise, a decision to change the payment arrangements is at the discretion of the responsible authority.
The responsible authority changes the payment arrangements for a referable debt by serving notice in writing of the change on the person who has been served with a debt notice for the referable debt.
Any debt notice served on the person before notice of the change is taken to be amended in accordance with the changed payment arrangements.
If the responsible authority permits payment of a referable debt by instalments and an instalment of the referable debt is not paid by a due date for payment of the instalment, the remaining instalments immediately become payable.
The responsible authority must not change payment arrangements for a referable debt after the referable debt has been referred to the Chief Commissioner for the making of a debt recovery order, unless the referral is first revoked.
Note.
The Chief Commissioner must withdraw a debt recovery order made in relation to a referable debt if the referral is revoked.
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