25ECharging of amount for quarantine accommodation

25E Charging of amount for quarantine accommodation

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

(1)  The responsible person may cause to be served on a person an instrument in writing (an invoice) that specifies that the person on whom it is served is required to pay to the Crown, by the day specified in the invoice (the payment day), the amount specified in the invoice (the quarantine debt amount).

(2)  Subject to this section, an invoice may only be served on a person under subsection (1) if –

(a) the person was a quarantined person on or after 31 July 2020; and

(b) the person is, on the day on which the invoice is served on the person, a member of a class of persons that is specified in a quarantine debt order that is in force on that day.

(3)  If –

(a) an invoice is served on a person under subsection (1) in relation to a day; and

(b) the relevant family circumstances apply in relation to the person in respect of that day –

no invoice in relation to that day may be served on any of the other members of that family.