30Waiver etc.

30 Waiver etc.

(1) The Secretary may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, by instrument in writing: (a) write off an amount that a person has been required to pay to the Commonwealth under section 29; (b) waive the right of the Commonwealth to recover from a person the whole or part of an amount that the person has been required to pay to the Commonwealth under that section; or (c) allow a person who has been required to pay an amount to the Commonwealth under section 29 to pay that amount by such instalments as are specified in the instrument. (2) A decision under subsection (1) takes effect: (a) on the day specified in the notice, being the day on which the decision is made or any day before or after that day; or (b) if no day is so specified—on the day on which the decision is made.