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Policy

Child Support Guide 2.6 Change of assessment in special circumstances

Child Support Guide 2.9.5 Amending assessments

Child Support Guide 4.1 Objections

Child Support Guide 4.1.2 Decisions made under the CSA Act to which a parent may object

Child Support Guide 4.1.3 Decisions made under the CSRC Act to which a parent may object

Child Support Guide 4.1.4 Can an objection decision be made?

Child Support Guide 4.1.6 Making a decision to allow or disallow an objection

Child Support Guide 4.1.8 Care percentage decisions

Child Support Guide 4.2.2 Decisions which can be reviewed by the ART

Child Support Guide 5.5.4 Suspending payments to payees

Child Support Guide 6.3 Privacy, secrecy & proof of identity

Child Support Guide 6.3.6 Authorised representatives

Legislation

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Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

• section 4 - Definition of 'administrative assessment'
• section 4 - Definition of 'appealable refusal decision'
• section 4 - Definition of 'appealable collection refusal decision'
• section 4 - Definition of 'ART'
• section 79B - Suspension determinations
• Part VII – Internal objection procedures for certain decisions
• section 79D - Simplified outline
• section 79E - Object of this Part
• section 80 - Decisions against which objections may be lodged
• section 80A - Objections against care percentage decisions
• section 81 - Time limits on lodging objections
• section 82 - Applications for extensions of time
• section 83- Consideration of applications for extensions of time for lodging objections
• section 84 - Grounds of objection
• section 85 - Registrar to serve copies of objections and accompanying documents on other parties
• section 86 - Other party may oppose objection
• section 87 - Consideration of objections by Registrar
• section 87AA - Date of effect of objections relating to care percentage decisions that are allowed
• Part VIIA - Review by Administrative Review Tribunal

Delegations and authorisations

Child Support Services, Delegations and Authorisations.

Decision Makers (internal)

• authorised to make decision on objections to COA decisions

Service Officer (SO6) Part 6A Objections

• authorised to disallow objections to COA decisions
• authorised to allow (in whole or part) objections to COA decisions
• make a new decision when an objection to a COA decision is allowed (when all parties were involved prior to the original decision being made)

Service Officer (SO6) and all higher levels

• authorised to determine that service of documents is not required

General Objections Service Officer (SO5) and all higher levels

• authorised to make decision on general objections (not COA), including care percentage under s52
• authorised to make decisions to apply actual care in special circumstances

General Objections Service Officer (SO4)

• authorised to make decisions on general objections (not care percentage under s52) and Extension of Time.

Service Officer (SO4) and all higher levels

• authorised to serve objections and accompanying documents on other parties
• authorised to decide date of effect of an objection decision regarding care percentage (where the objection is lodged outside 28 days and there are special circumstances)
• Objection Officers are not authorised to change a child support assessment if the Change of Assessment application was refused pre-conference. In these circumstances, an Objection Officer may allow an objection and refer the case back to the COA team to reconsider the original application