Western Australian Numbered Acts

POLICE (MEDICAL AND OTHER EXPENSES FOR FORMER OFFICERS) ACT 2008 (NO. 46 OF 2008) - SECT 6

6 .         Person not to be paid twice

        (1)         An amount is not payable under section 4(1) for medical or other expenses to the extent of —

            (a)         any amount received for those medical or other expenses under the laws of a place outside the State; or

            (b)         the amount of any judgment for those medical or other expenses obtained independently of this Act; or

            (c)         the amount received in compromise of any claim for those medical or other expenses made independently of this Act; or

            (d)         any amount received for those medical or other expenses as an act of grace payment.

        (2)         If a person receives an amount under section 4(1) for medical or other expenses and subsequently —

            (a)         receives an amount for those medical or other expenses under the laws of a place outside the State; or

            (b)         obtains judgment for an amount for those medical or other expenses independently of this Act; or

            (c)         receives an amount in compromise of any claim for those medical or other expenses made independently of this Act; or

            (d)         receives an amount for those medical or other expenses as an act of grace payment,

                the amount specified in subsection (3) is recoverable in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due from the person to the Police Commissioner.

        (3)         The amount recoverable under subsection (2) is the lesser of —

            (a)         the amount paid under section 4(1); and

            (b)         the amount received or for which judgment was obtained.