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State Debt Recovery Act 2018
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#### 32 Change of payment arrangements
32 Change of payment arrangements
> > (1) The responsible authority may, after conducting a review under this Division, change the payment arrangements for a referable debt by—
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> > > (a) reducing the amount payable, or
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> > > (b) extending the time to pay, or
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> > > (c) permitting the debt to be paid by instalments or reducing instalments.
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> > (2) The responsible authority must change the payment arrangements if required to do so by this Division.
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> > (3) Otherwise, a decision to change the payment arrangements is at the discretion of the responsible authority.
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> > (4) The responsible authority changes the payment arrangements for a referable debt by serving notice in writing of the change on the person who has been served with a debt notice for the referable debt.
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> > (5) Any debt notice served on the person before notice of the change is taken to be amended in accordance with the changed payment arrangements.
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> > (6) If the responsible authority permits payment of a referable debt by instalments and an instalment of the referable debt is not paid by a due date for payment of the instalment, the remaining instalments immediately become payable.
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> > (7) The responsible authority must not change payment arrangements for a referable debt after the referable debt has been referred to the Chief Commissioner for the making of a debt recovery order, unless the referral is first revoked.
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> > Note.
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> > The Chief Commissioner must withdraw a debt recovery order made in relation to a referable debt if the referral is revoked.