PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 - SECT 260B Issue of first payment reminder notice

PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 - SECT 260B

    (1)     COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria may issue a first payment reminder notice to a person who is liable to pay fees under section 257 if—

        (a)     an invoice has been given to the person in accordance with section 258; and

        (b)     the relevant date by which an amount of the fees must be paid has passed; and

        (c)     that amount of the fees has not been paid in full; and

        (d)     there are no pending waiver applications or payment plan applications relating to that amount of the fees.

    (2)     For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), the relevant date is—

        (a)     if any waiver applications or payment plan applications have been made relating to that amount of the fees, the date specified for that amount in the most recent decision of COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria on an application relating to that amount; or

        (b)     in any other case, the date specified in the invoice given under section 258.

    (3)     If COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria issues a first payment reminder notice under subsection (1), the date by which the person must pay the amount of the fees is extended to the date specified in the notice.

    (4)     For the purposes of subsection (3), the date specified in the first payment reminder notice must be at least 30 days after the date on which the first payment reminder notice is issued.

    (5)     A first payment reminder notice under subsection (1) must—

        (a)     be in writing; and

        (b)     explain the circumstances in which the person may become liable to pay the further payment reminder notice fee under section 260D; and

        (c)     contain the prescribed information (if any).

S. 260C inserted by No. 53/2021 s. 52.