Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CHILD SUPPORT ACT 1988 No. 3 of 1988 - SECT 43

43. (1) Subject to subsection (2), where the payer of an enforceable
maintenance liability is during any period an employee, the Registrar shall,
as far as practicable, collect amounts due to the Commonwealth under the
liability in relation to the period by deduction from the salary or wages of
the payer under this Part.

(2) Subsection (1) applies in relation to an enforceable maintenance liability
whether or not the particulars in the entry in the Child Support Register in
relation to the liability contain a statement that automatic withholding
applies in relation to the liability, but does not apply in relation to the
liability if, by virtue of section 44, the particulars contain a statement
that automatic withholding does not apply in relation to the liability.