15Variation of excessive claims

##### 15 Variation of excessive claims (1) Where a person who has lodged a claim under section 13 (whether or not the claim has been dealt with under subsection 13(3)) subsequently knows that the claim is, by reason of an inadvertent error, a claim for an amount of bounty in respect of bountiable equipment that exceeds the amount of bounty that the person was entitled to claim in respect of that equipment by more than $100, the person shall, within 28 days after discovering the error, lodge an acknowledgement of the error, being an acknowledgement that complies with subsection (2). Penalty: (a) in the case of a natural person—$1,000; or (b) in the case of a body corporate—$5,000. (2) An acknowledgement under subsection (1) in respect of bountiable equipment shall: (a) be in accordance with the appropriate approved form; (b) include such information as is, and such estimates as are, required by the form; (c) be signed and witnessed as required by section 19A; and (d) be lodged with a Collector for a State or Territory or with the CEO. (3) Where an acknowledgement relates to a claim under section 13 that has not been dealt with under subsection 13(3), the claim shall be dealt with under that subsection as if it had been amended in accordance with the acknowledgement. (4) Where the CEO, after examining an acknowledgement under subsection (1) to which subsection (3) does not apply and causing such inquiries as the CEO considers necessary to be made (including inquiries under sections 24 and 25), is satisfied that there has been an overpayment of a claim by more than $100, the CEO shall cause to be served on the person who lodged the claim a demand for the repayment of the amount of the overpayment, and that person is liable to repay that amount to the Commonwealth.