Section 1180 — Social Security Act 1991: Repayment where both periodic compensation payments and payments of compensation affected payment have been received

(1) If: (a) a person receives periodic compensation payments; and (b) the person was not, at the time of the event that gave rise to the entitlement of the person to the compensation, qualified for, and receiving, a compensation affected payment; and (c) the person receives payments of a compensation affected payment in relation to a day or days in the periodic payments period; and (d) the payments referred to in paragraph (c) have not been reduced to nil as a result of the operation of section 1173; the Secretary may, by written notice to the person, determine that the person is liable to pay to the Commonwealth the amount specified in the notice. (2) The amount to be specified in a notice for the purpose of subsection (1) is the recoverable amount under section 1181.