UNCLAIMED MONEY ACT 1990 - SECT 15

UNCLAIMED MONEY ACT 1990 - SECT 15

15 .         Treasurer may make payment to claimant

        (1)         If a person applies to the Treasurer for payment —

            (a)         of any money required to be paid to the Treasurer under this Act or the repealed Act and so paid;

            (b)         of any money paid to the Treasurer voluntarily under this Act; or

            (c)         of any money received by the Treasurer to be dealt with as though it were money to which this Act or the repealed Act applied,

                the Treasurer, on being satisfied that the claimant on behalf of whom or which the application is made is the owner of the money, shall cause payment of that money to be made to the claimant.

        (2)         Money payable by the Treasurer under subsection (1) shall be charged to the Consolidated Account which is hereby appropriated to the extent necessary.

        (3)         Any question as to whether any payment is to be made by the Treasurer under this section shall be a matter for the Treasurer to determine, but —

            (a)         if the Treasurer so requires, where there are competing claims or otherwise, the Treasurer may; and

            (b)         if a person aggrieved by a determination made by the Treasurer so requires, the Treasurer shall,

                seek directions from a court having competent jurisdiction with respect to the amount of money in question.

        [Section 15 amended: No. 6 of 1993 s. 11; No. 49 of 1996 s. 64; No. 77 of 2006 s. 4.]