25DCertificate of exemption from requirement to pay debt

25D Certificate of exemption from requirement to pay debt

[Section 25D Inserted by No. 17 of 2020, s. 4, Applied:03 Sep 2020]

(1)  A person may apply to the responsible person for a certificate of exemption in relation to a period in which the person expects to be a quarantined person.

(2)  The responsible person may, on receiving under subsection (1) an application from a person, grant to the person a certificate of exemption in relation to a period in which the person may be a quarantined person.

(3)  The responsible person may only grant to a person a certificate of exemption under subsection (2) in relation to a period if the responsible person is satisfied that it is appropriate to do so because –

(a) the period to which the certificate relates is to begin immediately after the person –

(i) enters the State for compassionate or medical reasons; or

(ii) returns to the State after having left it for compassionate or medical reasons; or

(b) the requirement for the person –

(i) to pay all or part of the quarantine debt amount specified in an invoice that may be served on the person; or

(ii) to pay all or part of the quarantine debt amount by the payment day specified in an invoice that may be served on the person –

is likely to cause financial hardship to the person; or

(c) there are circumstances in relation to the person such that it is appropriate to grant the certificate of exemption.

(4)  A certificate of exemption granted under subsection (2) to a person is to certify that, if the conditions, if any, specified in the certificate are complied with, the person is not liable to pay under section 25H(1) , in accordance with an invoice that may be served on the person, an amount, specified in the certificate, that is all or part of the quarantine debt amount specified in the invoice.

(5)  A person to whom a certificate of exemption is granted under is, if the conditions specified in the certificate are complied with, not liable to pay under an amount –