Eighteen year old children extending a child support assessment 277-03080000

Policy

Child Support Guide 2.4.1: The formulas

Child Support Guide 2.5.5: Application to have an assessment continue past a child's 18th birthday

Child Support Guide 2.10.3: Terminating events

Child Support Guide 5.2.10: Reason 9 - the duty to maintain any other child or another person

Child Support Guide 6.2.1: Application for acceptance of a child support agreement

Child Support Guide 10.4.2: Applications & orders about decisions under the CSA Act

Legislation

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Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

• section 31(1), Liability to pay child support arises on acceptance of application etc.
• section 151B, Application for assessment/agreement to continue beyond child's 18th birthday
• section 151C, Application for assessment/agreement to continue Registrar’s decision
• section 151D, Application for assessment/agreement to continue consequences of acceptance

Delegations and authorisations

Child Support Services, Delegations and Authorisations

Service Officer (SO3)

SO3 authorisations:

• process an application for an extension of child support for secondary students
• relevant decision making

Note: this does not prevent an officer at the Service Officer (SO2) level who has the support of their team leader from carrying out this type of work. However, the final decision to either accept or refuse the application must be by an officer at the SO3 level or above.

Service Officer (SO4) and above

SO4 and above authorisations:

• accept or refuse a late application (after child's 18^th birthday) for assessment/agreement to continue in exceptional circumstances