43Amendment of debt recovery order

43 Amendment of debt recovery order

43 Amendment of debt recovery order

(1) The Chief Commissioner may, on the application of the person liable to pay a State debt or on the Chief Commissioner’s own initiative, amend a debt recovery order to correct an error.

(2) An amendment is to be made by notice in writing served on the debtor in the same way as the notice of the debt recovery order.

(3) An amendment cannot increase the amount payable under the order.

(4) The Chief Commissioner must give the debtor written notice of the amendment as soon as practicable after amending the debt recovery order.

(5) An amendment made to a debt recovery order does not affect the validity of anything done before that amendment in relation to the State debt.