Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DEFENCE SERVICE HOMES ACT 1918 - SECT 30

             (1)  The Secretary may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, by instrument in writing:

                     (a)  write off an amount that a person has been required to pay to the Commonwealth under section 29;

                     (b)  waive the right of the Commonwealth to recover from a person the whole or part of an amount that the person has been required to pay to the Commonwealth under that section; or

                     (c)  allow a person who has been required to pay an amount to the Commonwealth under section 29 to pay that amount by such instalments as are specified in the instrument.

             (2)  A decision under subsection (1) takes effect:

                     (a)  on the day specified in the notice, being the day on which the decision is made or any day before or after that day; or

                     (b)  if no day is so specified--on the day on which the decision is made.