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CHILD SUPPORT (REGISTRATION AND COLLECTION) REGULATIONS 1988 - NOTES

- made under the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

Statutory Rules 1988 No. 87 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 1 July 2008
taking into account amendments up to SLI 2008 No. 99

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


Contents

                        1     Name of regulations [see Note 1]                                      4

                        2     Interpretation                                                                   4

                        3     Protected earnings rate                                                    4

                      3A     Reciprocating jurisdictions                                                4

                        4     Exclusion of liabilities                                                       4

                      4A     Registrable overseas maintenance liability -- penalty under international treaty (Act s 18A)       5

5>                      4B     Inclusion of liabilities in Child Support Register -- exceptions (Act s 25A)        5

5>                        5     Conversion of amounts payable under registrable maintenance liabilities (Act s 29)       5

5>                    5AA     Enforcement of Australian liabilities in reciprocating jurisdictions -- exceptions (Act s 30A)       6

5>                      5A     Prescribed income test -- paragraphs 37B (4) (b) and 37B (5) (b) of the Act     6

                      5B     Satisfactory payment record (Act s 38B (1))                       7

5>                      5D     Specified payments (Act s 71C)                                        7

5>                      5E     Prescribed periodic deduction (Act s 72AA)                       8

5>                    5EA     Prescribed periodic deduction for veterans (Act s 72AC)      9

5>                      5F     Departure prohibition orders -- prescribed persons (Act s 72G)           10

5>                        6     Prescribed amount -- subsection 76 (2) of the Act            10

                        7     Prescribed amount -- subsection 78 (3) of the Act            10

                      7A     Limitation on powers of SSAT (Act s 103T (3))                  11

5>                        8     Debts due to the Commonwealth                                     11

                        9     Scale of expenses under subsection 120 (2) of the Act      11

                       11     Evidentiary certificates                                                    12

                       12     Evidence by affidavit                                                       12

                       13     Documents taken to be duly signed                                 12

                       14     Service of notices etc                                                     12

                    14A     Service of documents in Australia for overseas authority    13

                    14B     Giving notices or other communications in reciprocating jurisdictions (Act s 121C)        14

5>                       15     Address for service                                                         14

                       16     Failure to notify change of address                                  14

                       17     Assistance in communicating with overseas authorities     15

                       18     Transmission of variation claims to overseas authorities     15

                       19     Conversion of foreign currency to Australian currency        15

                       20     Conversion of Australian currency to New Zealand currency 16

Schedule 1             Australia-New Zealand Agreement                             18

Schedule 2             Reciprocating jurisdictions                                          36

Schedule 3             Provisions to which subsection 103T (1) of the Act does not apply            38

Part 1                      Provisions of the Act                                                      38

Part 2                      Provisions of the Assessment Act                                   39

Schedule 4             Expenses to be allowed to person required to attend under section 120 of the Act          40

Notes                                                                                                          41

 


  

  

Notes to the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Regulations 1988

Note 1

The Child Support (Registration and Collection) Regulations 1988 (in force under the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1988 No. 87 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, which came into force on 1 January 2005, it is a requirement for all non‑exempt legislative instruments to be registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.  From 1 January 2005 the Statutory Rules series ceased to exist and was replaced with Select Legislative Instruments (SLI series).  Numbering conventions remain the same, ie Year and Number.

Table of Instruments

Year and
number

Date of
notification in
Gazette or FRLI registration

Date of
commencement

Application, saving or
transitional provisions

1988 No. 87

25 May 1988

1 June 1988 (see Gazette 1988, No. S148)

 

1989 No. 51

14 Apr 1989

15 Apr 1989

--

1989 No. 258

29 Sept 1989

1 Oct 1989

--

1990 No. 90

4 May 1990

4 May 1990

--

1991 No. 242

31 July 1991

31 July 1991

--

1994 No. 128

3 May 1994

3 May 1994

--

1994 No. 197

16 June 1994

Rr. 5 and 6: 1 July 1992
Remainder: 16 June 1994

--

1995 No. 178

30 June 1995

30 June 1995

--

1997 No. 171

30 June 1997

30 June 1997

--

1999 No. 104

17 June 1999

1 July 1999

--

2001 No. 66

12 Apr 2001

12 Apr 2001

--

2001 No. 205

2 Aug 2001

2 Aug 2001

--

2004 No. 45

30 Mar 2004

30 Mar 2004

--

2004 No. 123

18 June 2004

18 June 2004

--

2006 No. 148

27 June 2006 (see F2006L01939)

1 July 2006 (see r. 2)

--

2006 No. 347

14 Dec 2006 (see F2006L04042)

1 Jan 2007

--

2007 No. 221

19 July 2007 (see F2007L02263)

Rr. 1-3 and Schedule 1: 19 July 2007 (see r. 2 (a))
Schedule 2: (a)

--

2008 No. 99

2 June 2008 (see F2008L01899)

1 July 2008

--

(a)    Regulation 2 (b) of SLI 2007 No. 221 provides as follows:

         (b)     immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 -- Schedule 2;

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted

 

Provision affected

How affected

R. 1.........................................

am. 1991 No. 242

 

rs. 1999 No. 104

R. 2.........................................

am. 1990 No. 90; 1994 No. 128; 2006 No. 347; 2007 No. 221

R. 3.........................................

rs. 1994 No. 128

 

am. 1997 No. 171

R. 3A.......................................

ad. 2007 No. 221

R. 4.........................................

am. 1989 No. 51; 1990 No. 90; 1997 No. 171

R. 4A.......................................

ad. 2007 No. 221

R. 4B......................................

ad. 2007 No. 221

R. 5.........................................

am. 1989 No. 258

 

rs. 1999 No. 104

R. 5AA....................................

ad. 2007 No. 221

R. 5A.......................................

ad. 1995 No. 178

R. 5B......................................

ad. 1995 No. 178

 

rs. 1999 No. 104

R. 5C......................................

ad. 1999 No. 104

 

rep. 2008 No. 99

Heading to r. 5D...................

rs. 2008 No. 99

R. 5D......................................

ad. 1999 No. 104

 

am. 2001 No. 66; 2008 No. 99

R. 5E......................................

ad. 1999 No. 104

 

am. 2006 No. 148

 

rs. 2008 No. 99

R. 5EA....................................

ad. 2008 No. 99

R. 5F.......................................

ad. 2001 No. 205

R. 6.........................................

am. 2004 No. 123

R. 8.........................................

am. 1991 No. 242

 

rep. 1994 No. 197

 

ad. 2004 No. 45

 

rs. 2006 No. 347

R. 8A.......................................

ad. 2006 No. 347

 

am. 2007 No. 221

Relocated as r. 7A............

2008 No. 99

R. 9.........................................

am. 2006 No. 347; 2007 No. 221

R. 10.......................................

rep. 1994 No. 197

R. 11.......................................

am. 1991 No. 242

 

rs. 1994 No. 197

R. 12.......................................

rs. 1994 No. 197

R. 13.......................................

ad. 1991 No. 242

 

rs. 1994 No. 128

R. 14.......................................

ad. 1994 No. 128

 

am. 2004 No. 123

R. 14A....................................

ad. 2007 No. 221

R. 14B....................................

ad. 2007 No. 221

R. 15.......................................

ad. 1994 No. 128

 

am. 2001 No. 205

 

rs. 2004 No. 123

R. 16.......................................

ad. 1994 No. 128

 

am. 2007 No. 221

R. 17.......................................

ad. 2007 No. 221

R. 18.......................................

ad. 2007 No. 221

R. 19.......................................

ad. 2007 No. 221

R. 20.......................................

ad. 2007 No. 221

Schedule 1

 

Schedule 1............................

ad. 2007 No. 221

Schedule 2

 

Schedule 2............................

ad. 2007 No. 221

Schedule 3

 

Heading to Schedule 1.......

rep. 2007 No. 221

Heading to Schedule 3.......

ad. 2007 No. 221

Schedule 1............................

ad. 2006 No. 347

Schedule 3............................

rs. 2008 No. 99

Schedule 4

 

Heading to Schedule..........

rep. 2006 No. 347

Heading to Schedule 2.......

ad. 2006 No. 347

Heading to Schedule 2.......

rep. 2007 No. 221

Heading to Schedule 4.......

ad. 2007 No. 221

Schedule...............................

am. 1994 No. 128