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Policy

The Child Support Guide 1.4.1: Family & domestic violence

The Child Support Guide 2.1.1: Applying for a child support assessment

Legislation

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Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  • section 5, Interpretation
  • section 7B, Meaning of eligible carer
  • section 9, Meaning of separated
  • section 10, Meaning of 'resident of Australia'
  • 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 6, Exclusion of certain children
  • Section 8, Actions that may be taken by overseas authority of a reciprocating jurisdiction for a person
  • Section 9, Excluded reciprocating jurisdictions

Delegations and authorisations

New Customers Service Officer

  • The authorisation to accept or refuse and 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 Service Officer 4 (SO4) level.

For more information, see Child Support Services, Delegations and Authorisations