Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 1227

             (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.