Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 140S

             (1)  This section applies if a person who is or was an approved sponsor is required to pay an amount of a kind prescribed in the regulations to the Commonwealth, a State or Territory or another person (the payee ) in relation to a sponsorship obligation.

             (2)  The payee may recover the amount as a debt due to the payee in an eligible court.

             (3)  To avoid doubt, an amount may be recovered under this section if civil penalty proceedings are brought under Part 8D and discontinued or completed without the court making an order under subsection 486R(6) in relation to the amount.

             (4)  For the purpose of paragraph (e) of the definition of eligible court , the regulations may prescribe a court of a State or Territory in which an amount may be recovered under this section.