15Recovery of overpayments—Subsidies and grants

15 Recovery of overpayments—Subsidies and grants

(1) Each of the following is a prescribed function of the Chief Executive Medicare: (a) to decide, for section 95‑3 of the Aged Care Act, if a recoverable amount (or part of it) that an approved provider is liable to pay should be deducted from one or more other amounts payable to the approved provider under that Act or the Aged Care Transitional Act; (b) to decide, for section 95‑4 of the Aged Care Act, if a recoverable amount (or part of it) should be deducted from one or more other amounts payable under that Act or the Aged Care Transitional Act to a transferee (within the meaning given by section 95‑4 of the Aged Care Act); (c) to decide: (i) if the Commonwealth is liable to make a refund to a transferee (within the meaning given by section 95‑5 of the Aged Care Act) under subsection 95‑5(1) of that Act; and (ii) if the Commonwealth is liable to make a refund under subsection 95‑5(1) of the Aged Care Act—the amount of the refund payable to a transferee mentioned in subparagraph (i) in accordance with subsection 95‑5(2) of that Act.