71GDebts where provider approval is suspended cancelled or varied

71G Debts where provider approval is suspended cancelled or varied

(1) If: (a) an amount is paid to a provider under the family assistance law; and (b) before the payment is made: (i) the provider’s approval, or the provider’s approval in respect of a service, is suspended by operation of section 197AB; or (ii) the provider’s approval is cancelled by operation of subsection 197L(1); or (iii) the provider’s approval is varied to remove a service from the approval by operation of subsection 197L(3); and (c) because of that suspension, cancellation or variation, the recipient should not have been paid the amount; the amount paid is a debt due to the Commonwealth by the provider. (2) If: (a) a fee reduction amount is paid to a provider under section 67EB in relation to a session of care provided by a child care service of the provider on a day; and (b) after the payment is made, one of the following events occurs and takes effect on or before the day: (i) the provider’s approval is cancelled or suspended (other than by operation of section 197AB or subsection 197L(1)); (ii) the provider’s approval is varied to remove the service from the approval (other than by operation of subsection 197L(3)); (iii) the provider’s approval in respect of the service is suspended (other than by operation of section 197AB); so much of the fee reduction amount as relates to the session of care is a debt due to the Commonwealth by the provider.