Section 1227 — Social Security Act 1991: Assurance of support debt

(1) If a person is liable to pay an assurance of support debt, the debt is a debt due to the Commonwealth. (2) In this Chapter: assurance of support debt means: (a) a debt due and payable by a person to the Commonwealth, or a liability of a person to the Commonwealth, because of the operation of: (i) subregulation 165(1) of the Migration (1989) Regulations as in force on or before 19 December 1991; or (ii) regulation 164C of the Migration (1989) Regulations as in force after 19 December 1991 and before 1 February 1993; or (iii) Part 5 of the Migration (1993) Regulations as in force on or after 1 February 1993; or (iv) Division 2.7 of the Migration Regulations 1994 as in force on or after 1 September 1994; in respect of the payment to another person of a social security payment of a kind mentioned in subregulation 2.38(1) of the Migration Regulations 1994; or (b) a liability of a person to the Commonwealth because of the operation of section 1061ZZGG.