Registration of overseas maintenance liabilities (excluding New Zealand) 277-08020000

Policy

Child Support Guide 1.5.1: Australia’s international maintenance arrangements

Child Support Guide 1.5.3.10: Registrable overseas maintenance liabilities

Child Support Guide 1.5.3.20: Registering overseas maintenance liabilities for collection

Child Support Guide 1.5.3.30: Overseas maintenance liabilities that cannot be registered

Child Support Guide 1.6.3: Resident of a reciprocating jurisdiction

Child Support Guide 2.1.1: Applications for assessment

Child Support Guide 9.3.1: Periodic amounts payable to the payee

Child Support Guide Using the Child Support Guide

Legislation

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Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

• section 4, Interpretation
• section 18A, Liability in relation to registrable overseas maintenance liabilities
• section 25, Application for registration of registrable maintenance liability
• section 25A, Inclusion of certain liabilities in the Child Support Register
• section 28, Day on which liability first becomes enforceable under Act
• section 30AA, Rule to avoid dual liabilities

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

• Section 152, Court order etc. to cease to have effect where child support becomes payable

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Regulations 2018

• Section 11, Registrable overseas maintenance liability - penalty under international treaty
• Section 37, Conversion of foreign currency to Australian currency

Family Law Regulations 2024

• Regulation 105
• Regulation 109
• Regulation 110
• Regulation 115

Delegations and authorisations

Child Support Services, Delegations and Authorisations

Service Officer (SO4)

To register or refuse to register an overseas an overseas maintenance liability