12DPaying officer

#### 12D Paying officer (1) If the Commissioner is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that the making of deductions from a debtor’s salary is required to satisfy a judgment debt, the Commissioner must appoint, in writing, one or more persons as paying officers for the purpose of making those deductions. (2) However, if the Commissioner is the debtor: (a) the Commissioner must not appoint a paying officer under subregulation (1); and (b) the Commissioner must act under this subregulation without considering whether the making of deductions from the Commissioner’s salary is required; and (c) the Commissioner must, in writing, delegate his or her power under subregulation (1) to appoint a paying officer to a senior executive AFP employee; and (d) the senior executive AFP employee must: (i) decide whether the making of deductions from the Commissioner’s salary is required; and (ii) if the senior executive AFP employee decides that the making of deductions is required to satisfy a judgment debt—appoint, in writing, a person as a paying officer for the purpose of making those deductions; and (e) the Commissioner must not take any action, or make any arrangement, in relation to the administration under this Subdivision of the Commissioner’s debt, other than: (i) making the delegation mentioned in paragraph (c); and (ii) if a paying officer is appointed—assisting the paying officer in satisfying the debt. (3) If a person is appointed as a paying officer: (a) the appointment authorises the person to act as a paying officer only in relation to the debtor to whom the appointment relates; and (b) the person is responsible for making deductions from the debtor’s salary to satisfy the judgment debt against the debtor. (4) A debtor must not be a paying officer for himself or herself.