Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CHILD SUPPORT (REGISTRATION AND COLLECTION) ACT 1988 - SECT 72AA

             (1)  If the payer of an enforceable maintenance liability covered by subsection 17(2) is in receipt of a social security pension or a social security benefit, the Registrar may give a written notice to the Secretary:

                     (a)  specifying the payer's name and setting out sufficient particulars to enable the Secretary to identify the payer; and

                     (b)  instructing the Secretary to make the prescribed periodic deduction from the payer's social security pension or social security benefit as from the specified day.

             (2)  If:

                     (a)  a person by whom a child support debt is due (whether before or after the commencement of this section) has not paid the debt; and

                     (b)  the person is in receipt of a social security pension or a social security benefit;

the Registrar may give a written notice to the Secretary:

                     (c)  specifying the person's name and setting out sufficient particulars to enable the Secretary to identify the person; and

                     (d)  instructing the Secretary to:

                              (i)  make the prescribed periodic deduction from the person's social security pension or social security benefit from a specified day until the debt is paid; or

                             (ii)  if the Registrar is satisfied the person is in financial hardship--make the specified lesser periodic deduction from the person's social security pension or social security benefit from a specified day until the debt is paid.

             (3)  A notice may be given by electronic transmission or by any other means.

             (4)  Subsection (2) does not apply to an amount due in respect of a liability covered by section 18.

             (6)  In this section:

"social security benefit and social security pension" have the same respective meanings as in the Social Security Act 1991 .