Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024
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Amendment of section 343D of Principal Act | ||
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16. Section 343D of the Principal Act is amended— | ||
(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “Subject to subsection (4), before” for “Before”, and | ||
(b) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (3): | ||
“(4) A bureau officer may give a notice of attachment for the purposes of this Part to an investigated person in respect of a relevant amount without giving the investigated person notice under subsection (1) or (3). | ||
(5) A notice of attachment given in accordance with subsection (4) shall be deemed for the purposes of this Part to be a notice of attachment given by the Minister under this Part. | ||
(6) In this section, ‘investigated person’ means an overpaid person to whom an investigation under section 5 (1)(c) or (d) of the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996 relates.”. |