Eligibility and presumption of parentage (PoP) for a child support assessment 277-03010030
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The Child Support Guide 1.5: International arrangements
The Child Support Guide 2.1.1: Applying for a child support assessment
The Child Support Guide 2.1.2: Eligible child
The Child Support Guide 2.1.3: Parentage
The Child Support Guide 4.3.2: Applications and orders about decisions under the CSA Act
Legislation
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Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
- section 5, Interpretation
- sections 18 to 22, Children who may be covered by Act
- sections 23 to 28, Application Requirements
- sections 29 to 32, Decision on application
- sections 33 to 34, Notice of decision
Child Support (Assessment) Regulations 2018
- Section 8,Actions that may be taken by overseas authority of a reciprocating jurisdiction for a person
- Section 9, Excluded reciprocating jurisdictions
- Section 9, Excluded reciprocating jurisdictions
Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988
- section 24A, Registrar to register liability in Child Support Register on making of child support assessment
- section 28, Day on which liability first becomes enforceable under Act
Delegations and authorisations
Child Support Services, Delegations and Authorisations
The authorisation to accept or refuse an application for administrative assessment is at the Service Officer 2 (SO2) level.
The authorisation to determine that a non-parent carer is not an eligible carer is at the SO4 level.
Presumption of parentage history
History of section 29 - presumption of parentage legislative requirements before 22 July 1997.