New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 71X

71X Recovery of debts by department

1 A sum (an
"overpayment" ) paid under this Part is a debt due to the department if the sum was—

a) paid to a person in excess of the amount to which the person is entitled under this Part; or

b) paid to a person who has no entitlement to it under this Part.

2 The department may—

a) recover the debt by way of proceedings; or

b) deduct all or part of the debt from any amount payable to that person under this Part.

3 This section is subject to section 71Y (recovery of payments).

Note: 2001 No 49 s 248

History: Section 71X: inserted, on 1 July 2002, by section 4(2) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 7).