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Section 114 of the Act provides the legislative basis for Comcare to recover overpaid monies (a “debt due to the Commonwealth”).
This may either be done by recovery:
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from future entitlements [subsection 114 (2)]; or
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in a Court of law where no future compensation entitlement exists [subsection 114 (1)].
However, while the latter point is legislated and can be undertaken as a final measure, recovery procedures we have in place, where future compensation entitlements are unlikely, negate the need for such an expensive and serious measure.