16Reasons relating to financial assistance to travellers

#### 16 Reasons relating to financial assistance to travellers (1) If a competent authority believes on reasonable grounds that a person (the debtor) owes money to the Commonwealth in respect of: (a) expenses incurred by the Commonwealth on behalf of the debtor in a foreign country; or (b) money lent to the debtor by the Commonwealth when the debtor was outside Australia; or (c) expenses incurred by the Commonwealth in, or in connection with, effecting the debtor’s departure from a foreign country; the competent authority may make a refusal/cancellation request in relation to the debtor. > Note: See also Subdivision D. (2) If a competent authority makes a request under subsection (1), the Minister may refuse to issue an Australian travel document to the debtor. (4) In this section: > competent authority, in relation to a debtor, means a person who has authority to incur expenses on behalf of, or lend money to, the debtor on behalf of the Commonwealth.