91Arrangement for payment of debt by instalments

#### 91 Arrangement for payment of debt by instalments (1) The Secretary may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, enter into an arrangement with a person, other than an approved provider, who owes a debt under which the person is to pay the debt, or the outstanding amount of the debt, by instalments in accordance with the terms of the arrangement. (1A) The Secretary may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, enter into an arrangement with an approved provider that owes a debt under which the provider is to pay the debt, or the outstanding amount of the debt, by instalments in accordance with the terms of the arrangement. (1B) If a payment is required to be made under an arrangement entered into under subsection (1) or (1A) before the end of a particular day, the payment must be made before the end of that day. (2) An arrangement entered into under subsection (1) or (1A) has effect, or is taken to have had effect, on and after the day specified in the arrangement as the day on which the arrangement commences (whether that day is the day on which the arrangement is entered into or an earlier or later day). (3) If an arrangement entered into under subsection (1) or (1A) does not specify a day as mentioned in subsection (2), it has effect on and after the day on which it is entered into. (4) The Secretary may terminate or alter an arrangement entered into under subsection (1) or (1A): (a) at the debtor’s request; or (b) after giving 28 days’ notice to the debtor of the proposed termination or alteration; or (c) without notice, if the Secretary is satisfied that the debtor has failed to disclose material information about the debtor’s true capacity to repay the debt. (5) In this section: > debt means a debt recoverable by the Commonwealth under Division 2.