16Referral of debt to Chief Commissioner

#### 16 Referral of debt to Chief Commissioner 16 Referral of debt to Chief Commissioner > > (1) A responsible authority for a referable debt may refer the referable debt to the Chief Commissioner for the making of a debt recovery order if— > > > > > (a) the responsible authority has served a debt notice for the referable debt on the person by whom the referable debt is payable, and > > > > > (b) the referable debt has not been paid at the end of 7 days after the date for payment specified in the debt notice, and > > > > > (c) the referable debt remains unpaid. > > > (2) A responsible authority for a referable debt may also refer the referable debt to the Chief Commissioner for the making of a debt recovery order if— > > > > > (a) the responsible authority receives an application for time to pay in relation to the referable debt, and > > > > > (b) the debt recovery agreement between the Chief Commissioner and the responsible authority permits the responsible authority to refer time to pay matters to the Chief Commissioner. > > > (3) A responsible authority is not to refer a referable debt to the Chief Commissioner if the responsible authority is conducting an internal review of the referable debt and the review is not complete. > > > (4) To avoid doubt, the referral of a referable debt to the Chief Commissioner is an action on a cause of action for the purposes of the [Limitation Act 1969](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1969-031). > > **s 16:** Am 2024 No 90, Sch 7\[5\].