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The Child Support Guide 1.5.1: Australia’s international maintenance obligations
The Child Support Guide 1.5.2: International agreements & conventions
The Child Support Guide 1.6.1: Australian residence - parent or non parent carer
The Child Support Guide 1.6.2: Residence & citizenship - child
The Child Support Guide 1.6.3: Resident of a reciprocating jurisdiction
The Child Support Guide 1.6.4: Habitual residency under the Australia-New Zealand agreement
The Child Support Guide 2.1.1: Applications for assessment
The Child Support Guide 2.1.2: Eligible child
The Child Support Guide 2.4.4: Child support income
The Child Support Guide 2.10.3: Terminating events
The Child Support Guide 3.6.2: Registering overseas maintenance liabilities for collection
Legislation
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Child Support Assessment Act 1989
- section 12, Interpretation - happening of child support terminating events
- section 24, Children in relation to whom applications may be made
- section 25, Persons who may apply - parents
- section 25A, Persons who may apply - non-parent carers
- section 30A, No administrative assessment or acceptance of agreement if contrary to international maintenance arrangement
- section 30B, Registrar may refuse application for administrative assessment if overseas liability already registered
- section 39, Formula 5: Method statement using income of one parent where other parent not a resident of Australia or in special circumstances
- section 54, When a person has reduced care of a child
- section 58A, Subsequently ascertaining components of a parent's adjusted taxable income
- section 58B, Inclusion of overseas income in working out a parent's adjusted taxable income
- section 58C, Determination of overseas income if information and documents in Registrar's possession are sufficient
- section 142, Cessation of orders under Act
- section 152
- section 162A, Obtaining information in relation to residents of reciprocating jurisdictions
Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988
- section 4, Interpretation
- section 18A, Liability in relation to registrable overseas maintenance liabilities
- section 25, Application for registration of registrable maintenance liability
- section 25A, Inclusion of certain liabilities in the Child Support Register
- section 30AA, Rule to avoid dual liabilities
- section 81, Time limits on lodging objections
- section 86, Other party served with copy of objection etc. may oppose or support objection
- section 90, Time limit on applications for review
Child Support (Assessment) Regulations 2018
- Section 9, Excluded reciprocating jurisdictions
- Section 22, Giving notices or other communications in reciprocating jurisdictions
Child Support (Registration and Collection) Regulations 2018
- Section 8, Interpretation
- Section 11, Registrable overseas maintenance liability - penalty under international treaty
- section 110
- section 111, Convention on Recovery Abroad of Maintenance
- section 124A
Regulation 25
Regulation 28, Dealing with provisional overseas maintenance orders
Regulation 28C, Dealing with United States petitions
Regulation 28D, Hearing of applications based on United States petitions
Regulation 30, Proceedings for enforcement of overseas maintenance entry liabilities
Regulations 40-56, Convention on recovery abroad of maintenance
Regulation 81
Schedule 2
Schedule 3, Convention on recovery abroad of maintenance
Schedule 4
Agreements and Arrangements
Services Australia delivers payments and services on behalf of other government agencies. A range of bilateral agreements and Bilateral Management Arrangements (BMA) governs our relationships with those agencies.
For more information email the Networks and Partnerships Team.