Section 164 — Paid Parental Leave Act 2010: Guide to this Part

This Part provides for debts in relation to the paid parental leave scheme, and for the recovery of debts owing to the Commonwealth. Division 2 provides for the main debts recoverable by the Commonwealth under this Act, as follows: (a) overpayments or mistaken payments of parental leave pay; (b) PPL funding amounts for a person that are not paid to the person as parental leave pay; (c) parental leave pay or PPL funding amounts paid to the wrong person. Division 3 allows an employee to recover, as a debt, parental leave pay due from his or her employer. Division 4 deals with the procedure for raising a debt that is recoverable by the Commonwealth under this Act, and charging interest on the debt. Division 5 deals with how the Commonwealth can recover debts. Division 6 allows the Secretary to write off debts. Even if a debt is written off, it can be later recovered if circumstances change. Division 7 allows the Secretary to waive debts in various circumstances. Division 7A deals with when a departure prohibition order, prohibiting a person from departing from Australia for a foreign country, can be made if the person has a debt due to the Commonwealth under this Act. Division 8 provides that debts under this Act apply in relation to matters inside and outside Australia, and to all persons irrespective of nationality or citizenship.