Contents
- Part 1 Preliminary
- Part 2 Counselling
- Part 3 Children who may be covered by Act
- Part 4 Applications to Registrar for administrative assessment of child support
- Part 4A Assessments of child support for later child support periods
- Part 5 Administrative assessment of child support
- Part 6 Consent arrangements
- Part 6A Departure from administrative assessment of child support (departure determinations)
- Part 7 Court review of certain decisions
- Part 7A Notional assessments
- Part 8 Administration
- Part 9 Miscellaneous
- Schedule 1 The Costs of the Children Table
Contents
3,633 provisions, too many to show on one page. Open a part or section to read it with its history and connections, or search inside the text.
- Part 1 · Preliminary
- 1 Short title
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Duty of parents to maintain their children
- 4 Objects of Act
- 4A Application of the Criminal Code
- 5 Interpretation—definitions
- 5A Definition of annualised MTAWE figure
- 5B Definition of target foreign income
- 6 Interpretation—expressions used in Registration and Collection Act
- 7 Interpretation—expressions used in Part VII of Family Law Act
- 7A Meaning of child support period
- 7B Meaning of eligible carer
- 9 Interpretation—meaning of separated
- 10 Interpretation—meaning of resident of Australia
- 12 Interpretation—happening of child support terminating events
- 12A Use of computer programs to make decisions
- 13 Extension and application of Act in relation to maintenance of exnuptial children
- 14 Additional application of Act in relation to maintenance of children of marriages
- 15 Corresponding State laws
- 16 Act to bind Crown
- 16A Norfolk Island
- Part 2 · Counselling
- Part 3 · Children who may be covered by Act
- 18 Act applies only in relation to eligible children
- 19 Children born on or after commencing day are eligible children
- 20 Children of parents who separate on or after commencing day are eligible children
- 21 Children with a brother or sister who is an eligible child are eligible children
- 22 Exclusion of certain children from coverage of Act
- Part 4 · Applications to Registrar for administrative assessment of child support
- Part 4A · Assessments of child support for later child support periods
- Part 5 · Administrative assessment of child support
- Division 1 Preliminary
- Division 2 The formulas
- Division 3 Child support income
- Division 4 Percentage of care
- Division 5 Working out other elements for the formulas
- Division 6 The costs of the child
- Division 7 Assessments and estimates of adjusted taxable income
- Division 7A Reconciliation of estimates of adjusted taxable income
- Division 8 Provisions relating to the making of assessments
- Division 9 Liability to pay child support as assessed
- Part 6 · Consent arrangements
- Division 1 Preliminary
- Division 1A Binding and limited child support agreements
- Division 2 Child support agreement requirements
- Division 2A Other rules relating to child support agreements
- Division 3 Applications to Registrar for acceptance of child support agreements
- Division 4 Decisions on applications
- Division 5 Notice of the decision
- Part 6A · Departure from administrative assessment of child support (departure determinations)
- Part 7 · Court review of certain decisions
- Division 1A Preliminary
- Division 1 Jurisdiction of courts
- Division 2 Declarations relating to whether persons should be assessed in respect of the costs of the child
- Division 3 Application for amendment of administrative assessment that is more than 18 months old
- Division 4 Orders for departure from administrative assessment in special circumstances (departure orders)
- Division 5 Orders for provision of child support otherwise than in form of periodic amounts paid to carer
- Division 6 Setting aside accepted child support agreements
- Division 7 Urgent maintenance orders
- Division 8 Provisions relating to court orders
- Division 9 Miscellaneous
- Part 7A · Notional assessments
- Part 8 · Administration
- 147 Secretary has general administration of Act
- 148 Annual report
- 149 Delegation
- 150 Secrecy
- 150AA Offence of unauthorised use of information
- 150A Applications, notices, elections and replies to be in the manner specified by the Registrar
- 150B Registrar’s power to request tax file numbers
- 150D Registrar may require Commissioner to provide information
- 150DA Registrar’s jurisdiction to cease in certain circumstances
- Part 9 · Miscellaneous
- 150E Suspension of liability to pay child support where parents reconcile
- 150F Suspension of liability to pay child support if notification delayed when persons have swapped eligible carer roles
- 151 Election to end administrative assessment
- 151B Application for assessment/agreement to continue beyond child’s 18th birthday
- 151C Application for assessment/agreement to continue—Registrar’s decision
- 151D Application under subsection 151B(1) for assessment/agreement to continue—consequences of acceptance
- 151E Applications under subsection 151B(1A) in respect of administrative assessments—consequences of acceptance
- 152 Court order etc. to cease to have effect where child support becomes payable
- 153 Evidentiary certificates by Registrar
- 153A Indexation of amounts
- 155 Publication of figures
- 156 Rounding of amounts
- 157 Appearance by Registrar in proceedings etc.
- 158 Judicial notice of signature of Registrar etc.
- 159 False or misleading statements
- 159A Statements made recklessly etc.
- 159B Failure to notify required information
- 160 Notification requirements
- 161 Obtaining of information and evidence
- 162 Order to comply with requirement
- 162A Obtaining information in relation to residents of reciprocating jurisdictions
- 162B Regulations may prescribe manner of giving notices or other communications
- 162C Requesting information for the purposes of a care percentage determination under the family assistance law
- 163 Act not a taxation law
- 163A Certain instruments not liable to duty
- 163B Regulations in relation to overseas-related maintenance obligations etc.
- 164 Regulations
- Schedule 1 · The Costs of the Children Table
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