Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CHILD SUPPORT ACT 1988 No. 3 of 1988 - SECT 25

25. (1) The payee of a registrable maintenance liability that is not
registered under this Act may apply to the Registrar, in the approved form,
for the registration of the liability under this Act.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), where the Registrar receives under subsection
(1) a duly completed approved form from the payee of a registrable maintenance
liability, the Registrar shall, within 28 days after receipt of the duly
completed form, register the liability under this Act by entering particulars
of the liability in the Child Support Register.

(3) The Registrar shall not, under subsection (2), register the liability
under this Act if the payee has furnished, or is required to furnish, a duly
completed form to the Registrar under subsection 23 (2) in relation to the
liability.

(4) The regulations may provide that this section applies in relation to
collection agency maintenance liabilities only if specified conditions or
restrictions are complied with or only in specified circumstances.