Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CHILD SUPPORT (REGISTRATION AND COLLECTION) ACT 1988 - SECT 17A

             (1)  Subject to section 19, a liability is a registrable maintenance liability if:

                     (a)  it is a liability of a person (the payer ) to pay an amount to another person (the payee ); and

                     (b)  it arises under a court order made under section 143 of the Assessment Act; and

                     (c)  the court made the order in response to:

                              (i)  a declaration under section 107 of that Act that the payer was not entitled to an administrative assessment of child support for a child because the payee is not a parent of the child; or

                             (ii)  a declaration under section 107A of that Act that the payee was not entitled to an administrative assessment of child support for a child because the payee is not a parent of the child.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to the extent that a liability to pay an amount is a liability to pay any costs incurred in respect of proceedings instituted under section 143 of the Assessment Act.