South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts50—Application to Court in relation to debt
(1) A debtor who
disputes the existence, or the amount, of a debt the subject of a
civil debt determination may, within 1 month after receiving notice of the
determination, apply to the Court for revocation or variation of the
determination.
(2) The
public authority to which the debt is owed is the respondent to an application
under this section and bears the onus of proving, on the balance of
probabilities, that the debt is owed by the debtor.
(3) The Court may, on
an application under this section, affirm, vary or revoke the
civil debt determination.
(4) The Court may, in
the Court's discretion, extend the time for making an application under this
section even if the time for making the application has ended.
(5) A proceeding on an
application made to the Court under this section is a minor statutory
proceeding for the purposes of the Magistrates Court Act 1991 unless the
amount claimed to be owed by the debtor exceeds $12 000.
(6) No fee is payable
on an application under this section.