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State Debt Recovery Act 2018
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#### 96 Entitlement to refund
96 Entitlement to refund
> > (1) If the Chief Commissioner recovers from a debtor an amount that exceeds the State debt payable by the debtor, the Chief Commissioner must refund the difference to the debtor, subject to this section.
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> > (2) Instead of making a refund to a debtor, the Chief Commissioner may apply the amount that would otherwise be refunded to meet any of the following—
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> > > (a) a referable debt for which a debt recovery order has been made against the debtor,
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> > > (b) a tax debt or grant debt (whether or not a debt recovery order has been made against the debtor).