(1) Subject to regulations, a person who is in receipt of an allowance shall be liable to transfer to the competent authority payments made to that person in compliance with an order of the court.
(2) Subject to regulations, a person who claims an allowance may be required by the competent authority to consent to the transfer to the competent authority of payments made to that person in compliance with an order of the court, such transfer to be conditional on the award of an allowance to that person.
(3) Where a person who is in receipt of an allowance fails to comply with subsection (1) the allowance being paid to that person shall be reduced by the amount which that person is liable under subsection (1) to transfer to the Minister.