Centrelink action for Child Support Prescribed Income Test for a Stage 1 customer 277-51040020
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Child Support Guide 7.4.4.10: Payment from social security pensions & benefits
Child Support Guide 9.2.4: Suspension for unemployment (low-income non-enforcement period)
Family Assistance Guide, social security pension (1.1.S.90) or social security benefit (1.1.S.60)
Family Assistance Guide, 3.1.3.30 Court orders & court registered agreements
Social Security Guide, 1.1.M.53 Maximum basic rate (MBR) of entitlement
Social Security Guide, 1.1.O.30 Ordinary income
Social Security Guide, 4.3 Ordinary income
Legislation
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Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988
- section 37B, Registered maintenance liability not to be enforced if payer is a low-income recipient of a social security pension or a social security benefit
- section 37B (8), Definitions:
Child Support (Registration and Collection) Regulations 2018, section 17, Prescribed income test
Social Security Act 1991 section 23(1) - 'social security pension' and 'social security benefit'
Social Security Act 1991, section 8(1) - 'ordinary income'
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
- section 91, Purposes of this Part
- section 93, Application of the Social Security Act