Centrelink action for Child Support Prescribed Income Test for a Stage 1 customer 277-51040020

Policy

Child Support Guide 3.4.5: Suspension for unemployment (low-income non-enforcement period)

Child Support Guide 5.2.5: Collection from social security pensions & benefits (refer: What is a ‘social security pension or benefit’? for modified definition)

Family Assistance Guide, 3.1.3.30 Court orders & court registered agreements

Family Assistance Guide, social security pension (1.1.S.90) or social security benefit (1.1.S.60)

Social Security Guide, 1.1.M.53 Maximum basic rate (MBR) of entitlement

Social Security Guide, 4.3 Ordinary income

Social Security Guide, 1.1.O.30 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