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Policy
Child Support Guide 2.6.3 Terminating events
Child Support Guide 7.1.2 Agency collect – payee entitlement to payment & disbursement
Child Support Guide 8.1.1 Overpayments
Child Support Guide 11.4.3 Secrecy provisions
Child Support Guide 11.4.6 Authorised representatives
Legislation
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Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
- section 5, Interpretation - definitions (Eligible carer)
- section 7B, Meaning of eligible carer
- section 10, Interpretation - Meaning of resident of Australia
- section 12, Interpretation - Happening of Child Support terminating events
- section 22(1), Exclusion of certain children from coverage of Act
- section 74, Registrar to give effect to happening of child support terminating event etc
- section 75(3)(c), Amendments of Assessments in relation to terminating events
Child Support (Assessment) Regulations 2018
- Schedule 7, Prescribed overseas jurisdictions
- Schedule 8, Actions that may be taken by an overseas authority of a reciprocating jurisdiction for a person
- Schedule 9, Excluded reciprocating jurisdictions
Delegations and authorisations
Child Support Services, Delegations and Authorisations
Specific Deceased Customer Management Team delegations
DCM Service Support Officer (SSO)
- Issue of Certificate of Debt
DCM Service Officer (SO5)
- Obsolete Debt entry
DCM Team Leader (TL)
- Unique correspondence
DCM Program Support Manager (PSM)
- Waiver of debt
- Correspondence where technical content requires verification
DCM Program Manager (PM)
Late payment penalties delegated at the EL1 level or above are sent via email to the DCM Mailbox.