Section 9 Withholding of paymentI1

Where a person, with a view to obtaining a payment for himself or any other person, makes any statement or furnishes any information which is false or misleading, or refuses to cooperate with an authorised officer exercising powers under the Scheme, the Department may withhold the whole or part of any amount payable to that person or such other person and may recover the whole or part of any payment already paid to that person or such other person.