Recovery of amounts payable to the Commonwealth
180 Recovery of amounts payable to the Commonwealth
(1) This section applies if a determination is made under section 110(1)(a) of the Australian Education Act 2013 (Cth) that the Territory pay a specified amount to the Commonwealth as a result of:
(a) non-compliance or a breach by an entity to which the Territory paid an amount of financial assistance in accordance with that Act; or
(b) a payment mentioned in section 109(1), (2), (3)(a) or (4) of that Act that was paid to the Territory for payment to an entity in accordance with that Act.
(2) The Territory is taken to have made an arrangement with the entity that the amount determined under section 110(1)(a) of the Australian Education Act 2013 (Cth):
is a debt due by that entity to the Territory; and
(b) may be recovered by the Territory (or another person on behalf of the Territory) in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(3) The Territory may assign to the Commonwealth the right to recover a debt mentioned in subsection (2).
In this section:
approval authority, see section 6 of the Australian Education Act 2013 (Cth).
block grant authority, see section 6 of the Australian Education Act 2013 (Cth).
entity means:
an approval authority; or
a block grant authority; or
a non-government representative body.
non-government representative body, see section 6 of the Australian Education Act 2013 (Cth).
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