Commonwealth Numbered Acts

WHEAT MARKETING ACT 1984 NO. 141 OF 1984 - SECT 68

68. (1) Where, before the commencement of this Act, the Board made a payment
to a person under section 21 or 23 of the Wheat Marketing Act 1979
in respect of wheat harvested on or after 1 July 1984 and the amount of that
payment exceeds the amount of the interim advance payment that is payable
under section 26 of this Act in respect of that wheat, the person is liable to
pay to the Board an amount equal to the amount of that excess.

(2) An amount payable by a person to the Board under sub-section (1) is a debt
due by the person to the Board and may be recovered as a debt due to the Board
by action against the person in a court of competent jurisdiction.

(3) The Board may deduct the whole or a part of an amount payable by a person
to the Board under sub-section (1) from an amount payable by the Board to the
person under section 26, 27 or 29 of this Act or a corresponding provision of
a State Act or of the Wheat Marketing Act 1979.