Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 - SECT 34C

                   The Registrar must assess under this Act the annual rate of child support payable for a child for days in a child support period either before, or as soon as practicable after, the start of the period unless:

                     (a)  the period starts when the application is made under Part 4; or

                     (b)  the period starts on a day mentioned in paragraph 93(1)(g); or

                     (c)  an assessment of the child support payable for the child for days in the period has already been made as required by section 34A; or

                     (d)  the period starts on the first day for which a child support agreement described in subsection 34B(1) is to affect the annual rate of child support payable for the child.

Note 1:       Section 31 requires the Registrar to make an assessment of child support payable as quickly as possible after accepting an application under Part 4.

Note 2:       Subsection 93(2) requires the Registrar to make an assessment of child support payable as soon as practicable after accepting certain child support agreements.

Note 3:       If a child support agreement has effect for the purposes of the child support period, it will affect the assessment (see section 95).