98Order to redirect debt owed to enforcement debtor

98 Order to redirect debt owed to enforcement debtor

(1)  The Director may issue a redirection of money owing order to a person other than an enforcement debtor, if that other person is indebted to the enforcement debtor, requiring that other person to pay money to the Director instead of to the enforcement debtor in order to discharge all or part of the enforcement debtor’s debt to the Director.

(2)  An order made under subsection (1) takes effect upon service.

(3)  A person served with an order under subsection (1) must pay to the Director –

(a) the amount stated in the order; or

(b) if that person’s debt to the enforcement debtor is less than the amount stated in the order, the full amount of that person’s debt to the enforcement debtor.

(4)  The person on whom an order is served under this section must comply with the order before discharging any part of his or her indebtedness to the enforcement debtor.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(5)  This section does not limit the right of –

(a) the person on whom the order is served to dispute liability to indebtedness to the enforcement debtor; or

(b) any person to claim an entitlement to, or interest in, all or part of the alleged debt to the enforcement debtor.