Parliamentary Service Determination 2024
134Move to another Department
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134 Move to another Department
(1) If a debtor moves from a Department (Department 1) to another Department (Department 2), the debtor’s paying officer in Department 1 must notify the Secretary of Department 2 of:
(a) the existence of each judgment debt against the debtor; and
(b) the arrangements in Department 1 for making deductions from the debtor’s salary; and
(c) any deductions already made for the purposes of each of those judgment debts.
(2) If more than one judgment debt exists against the debtor:
(a) the debtor’s paying officer in Department 1 must advise the Secretary of the order in which the judgment debts were to have been dealt with in accordance with section 131; and
(b) the paying officer who is appointed in Department 2 in relation to the debtor must deal with the judgment debts in that order.
(3) The debtor’s paying officer in Department 1 must transfer the following to the paying officer in Department 2:
(a) the statutory declaration mentioned in paragraph 129(1)(a);
(b) a copy of the judgment mentioned in paragraph 129(1)(b);
(c) each notice in respect of the debtor that was given to the debtor’s paying officer in Department 1 by a paying officer in another Department.
(4) The paying officer in Department 2 is taken:
(a) to have received the fee (if any) required under section 130; and
(b) to have given to the debtor any notice that was given, in respect of the debtor, by a paying officer in another Department.
(5) The paying officer in Department 2 must notify the judgment creditor of the move, and the deductions that the paying officer will make.
(6) The judgment creditor is not required to pay another fee for the making of deductions.