25FQuarantine debt amount that person may be charged

25F Quarantine debt amount that person may be charged

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

(1)  The quarantine debt amount, specified in an invoice served on a person under section 25E(1) in respect of a period in which the person was a quarantined person, is to be, for each day, in the period, in which the person was a quarantined person –

(a) $200; or

(b) another amount specified for the purposes of this subsection in an order under section 25C(1)  –

unless subsection (2) applies to the person in respect of the period.

(2)  This subsection applies to a person in respect of a period if –

(a) the person is a quarantined person on each day in the period; and

(b) the relevant family circumstances apply in relation to the person for each day in the period; and

(c) an invoice in relation to the period is served under section 25E(1) on the person.

(3)  If subsection (2) applies to a person in respect of a period, the quarantine debt amount specified in an invoice served on the person in respect of the period is to be whichever is the lesser of the following amounts:

(a) the amount determined by calculating, in respect of each day in the period in which the person is a quarantined person, the family debt amount calculated in accordance with subsection (4) for that day;

(b) $4,800, or another amount specified for the purposes of this paragraph in an order under section 25C(1) .

(4)  The family debt amount, in relation to a quarantined person, for a day, is the total of –

(a) $200, or another amount specified for the purposes of this paragraph in an order under section 25C(1) ; and