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CHILD SUPPORT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (REFORM OF THE CHILD SUPPORT SCHEME--INITIAL MEASURES) ACT 2006 - NOTES

Act No. 53 of 2006 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 23 March 2007

[This Act was amended by Act No. 8 of 2007]

Amendment from Act No. 8 of 2007

[Schedule 2 (item 5) repealed item 3 (not including Note) of Schedule 3

Schedule 2 (item 5) commenced immediately after 1 July 2006]

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney‑General's Department, Canberra

  

  

Contents

1............ Short title ............................................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement .................................................................................. 1

3............ Schedule(s) .......................................................................................... 3

4............ Extension of amended Child Support Acts to Western Australia in relation to exnuptial children          3

Schedule 1--Minimum annual rate of child support                                            5

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989                                                                      5

Schedule 2--Lower cap on child support                                                                    8

Part 1--Main amendments                                                                                             8

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989                                                                      8

Part 2--Amendments contingent on the Child Support Legislation Amendment Act 2006      10

Division 1--Amendments that might not commence                                            10

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989                                                                    10

Child Support Legislation Amendment Act 2006                                                 10

Division 2--Amendment that commences after the Child Support Legislation Amendment Act 2006 commences         10

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989                                                                    10

Part 3--Application                                                                                                         11

Schedule 3--Earning capacity of a parent of a child                                          12

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989                                                                    12

Schedule 4--Prescribed non‑agency payments                                                    16

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988                                     16

Schedule 5--Exnuptial children and Western Australia                                  17

Part 1--Amendment of the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989            17

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989                                                                    17

Part 2--Amendment of the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988    19

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988                                     19

Part 3--Extension of amended Child Support Acts to Western Australia in relation to exnuptial children         21

[Assented to 15 June 2006]

The Parliament of Australia enacts: