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60 Time to pay order
> > (1) The Chief Commissioner may, on application by or with the consent of a debtor, make an order (a time to pay order) allowing further time to pay a State debt.
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> > (2) A time to pay order may be made—
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> > > (a) after a debt recovery order is made, or
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> > > (b) in conjunction with the making of a debt recovery order.
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> > Note.
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> > Section 16 enables a responsible authority to refer a referable debt to the Chief Commissioner for the making of a debt recovery order if the debtor has applied to the responsible authority for the referable debt for time to pay.
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> > (3) A time to pay order may—
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> > > (a) extend the time for payment of the whole State debt, or
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> > > (b) allow the State debt to be paid by instalments of such amounts, and at such times, as are specified in the order.
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> > (4) In particular, a time to pay order may allow a person to pay the State debt in instalments, as a regular direct debit, if the Chief Commissioner—
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> > > (a) is satisfied that adequate arrangements are in place for such a regular payment to be made, and
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> > > (b) agrees to the State debt being paid in this manner.
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> > (5) If an instalment of a State debt is not paid by the due date, the remaining instalments then become due and payable unless the Chief Commissioner otherwise orders.
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> > (6) A time to pay order may be made in relation to more than one State debt and may provide for a combined payment arrangement (meaning an arrangement for the payment of a State debt in conjunction with payment of another State debt for which a debt recovery order has been made).