CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1991 NO. 81 

CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1991 NO. 81 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.    Amendment  
2.    Regulation 6 (Inflation factor)  
3.    Regulation 8 (Conversion of annual rates into daily rates of payment)  
4.    New regulation 8A  
5.    New regulation 13  


1991 No. 81 CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
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1.   Amendment


  1.1   The Child Support (Assessment) Regulations are amended as set out in
these Regulations.


1991 No. 81 CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
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2.   Regulation 6 (Inflation factor)


  2.1   Omit the regulation, substitute:
Inflation factor
 "6. For the purposes of section 55 of the Act, the inflation factor in
relation to a child support year specified in the following table is the
factor specified in that table in relation to that year:
Child support year                               Inflation factor
Year ending on 30 June 1990                      1.0575
Year ending on 30 June 1991                      1.065
Year ending on 30 June 1992                      1.07


1991 No. 81 CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
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3.   Regulation 8 (Conversion of annual rates into daily rates of payment)


  3.1   Subregulation 8 (1):
Omit "An annual rate", substitute: "For the purposes of section 69 of the Act
an annual rate".


1991 No. 81 CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
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4.   New regulation 8A


  4.1   After regulation 8, insert:
Conversion of periodic amounts into annual rates
 "8A. If a child support agreement refers to a periodic amount of payment (in
this regulation referred to as 'the periodic amount') the annual rate of
payment (in this regulation referred to as 'the annual rate') in respect of
the periodic amount is to be assessed as follows:
  (a) in the case of a daily amount-in accordance with the following formula:
PA x 365.25 = AR; and
  (b) in the case of a weekly amount-in accordance with the following formula:
PA x 365.25 = AR; and
  (c) in the case of a periodic amount that is in respect of a period that is
a multiple of one week-in accordance with the following formula: PA x 365.25 =
AR; and
            7 x NW
  (d) in the case of a monthly amount-in accordance with the following
formula: PA x 365.25 = AR; and
                    30.4375
  (e) in the case of a periodic amount that is in respect of a period that is
a multiple of one month-in accordance with the following formula: PA x 365.25
= AR; and
                   30.4375 x NM
  (f) in the case of a yearly amount-in accordance with the following formula:
PA = AR;
where:
 AR is the annual rate; and
 NM is the number of months in respect of which the periodic amount is
specified; and
 NW is the number of weeks in respect of which the periodic amount is
specified; and
 PA is the periodic amount.".


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5.   New regulation 13


  5.1   After regulation 12, insert:
Documents taken to be duly signed
 "13. (1)   A certificate, notice or other document bearing the written,
stamped or printed signature of the Registrar or a delegate of the Registrar,
must until the contrary is proved, be taken to have been duly signed by the
person by whom it purports to be signed.
 "(2) Judicial notice must be taken of every such signature and of the fact
that the person whose signature it purports to be holds or has held the office
of Registrar or delegate of the Registrar, as the case may be.".


- NOTES


1991 No. 81*1* CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT)



*1*Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 April 1991.
*2*Statutory Rules 1989 No. 259.