Dad and Partner Pay (DAP) debt raising and recovery 107-04070030

Service Officers are to raise DAP debts for the full or partial amount of DAP paid:

• to a customer by mistake as a result of an administrative error
• to a customer for a period when they were not eligible
• for a period of time in which the customer was deceased
• as a result of a breach of the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, which includes:
• fraud
• a false statement, or
• a misrepresentation

Services Australia can recover DAP debts via:

• cash repayments
• withholding repayments from current Centrelink payments
• garnishees
• legal proceedings (civil recovery)

Service Australia may request refunds from third parties where:

• a payment is made to the wrong person, or
• the person is deceased

Other debts are not recoverable from DAP payments.

If a Payment Summary has generated on the system that includes a recovered DAP amount.

Issue an amended payment summary if there is a change to the taxable amount. A manual adjustment may be required in some cases.

The amended Payment Summary is also available to customers through a range of self service options. See Centrelink Payment Summaries for further information.