LOCAL GOVERNMENT (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) ACT 1995 - SECT 18A Recoverable payments
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) ACT 1995 - SECT 18A
Recoverable payments(1) If, apart from this subsection, the Commonwealth does not have power under this Act to pay an amount (the relevant amount ) to a State purportedly as an amount under this Act, then the Commonwealth may pay the relevant amount to the State.
(a) a payment is made under subsection ( 1) to a State; and
(b) the State is entitled to receive an amount under this Act;
(d) such part of the relevant amount as the Minister determines;
may, if the Minister so directs, be recovered by deduction from the amount
mentioned in paragraph ( b).