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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.