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CHILD SUPPORT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992 No. 151 of 1992 - SECT 36 Penalty for late payment of child support debts

CHILD SUPPORT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992 No. 151 of 1992 - SECT 36

Penalty for late payment of child support debts
36. Section 67 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (1) and
substituting the following subsections:

"(1) If a child support debt remains unpaid after the time when it became due
and payable, the person liable to pay the debt is liable to pay to the
Registrar, by way of penalty, an amount calculated on the balance outstanding
each month at a monthly rate equal to one-twelfth of the annual rate for the
time being specified in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 for the penalty for
unpaid income tax.

"(1A) For the purposes of subsection (1), the balance outstanding is the total
amount of one or more child support debts remaining unpaid.".