Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Audit Amendment Act 1984 No. 40 of 1984 - SECT 9

9. Section 34A of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-sections:

"(1A) A payment, or payments, to a person by virtue of a direction under
sub-section (1) shall be made on such terms or conditions as are determined by
an authorized person before the payment is, or the payments are, made, being
such terms or conditions as the authorized person considers to be appropriate.

"(1B) Where a payment or payments to a person by virtue of a direction under
sub-section (1) is or are subject to terms or conditions determined under
sub-section (1A), in addition to those terms or conditions, that payment is,
or those payments are, subject to the condition that, if any of those terms or
conditions is not or are not complied with, the person will, on demand by an
authorized person, pay to the Commonwealth an amount equal to the amount of
that paymment.

"(1C) Where a person is liable to pay an amount to the Commonwealth under
sub-section (1B), the Commonwealth may recover that amount as a debt due to
the Commonwealth by action in a court of competent jurisdiction.";

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (2) "$25,000" and substituting "$50,000";
        and

   (c)  by omitting from sub-section (2) "$5,000" and substituting "$10,000".