Time to pay order
60 Time to pay order
The Chief Commissioner may, on application by or with the consent of a debtor, make an order (a time to pay order) allowing further time to pay a State debt.
A time to pay order may be made—
after a debt recovery order is made, or
in conjunction with the making of a debt recovery order.
Note.
Section 16 enables a responsible authority to refer a referable debt to the Chief Commissioner for the making of a debt recovery order if the debtor has applied to the responsible authority for the referable debt for time to pay.
A time to pay order may—
extend the time for payment of the whole State debt, or
allow the State debt to be paid by instalments of such amounts, and at such times, as are specified in the order.
In particular, a time to pay order may allow a person to pay the State debt in instalments, as a regular direct debit, if the Chief Commissioner—
is satisfied that adequate arrangements are in place for such a regular payment to be made, and
agrees to the State debt being paid in this manner.
If an instalment of a State debt is not paid by the due date, the remaining instalments then become due and payable unless the Chief Commissioner otherwise orders.
A time to pay order may be made in relation to more than one State debt and may provide for a combined payment arrangement (meaning an arrangement for the payment of a State debt in conjunction with payment of another State debt for which a debt recovery order has been made).
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