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Policy

The Child Support Guide 1.5.1: Australia’s international maintenance arrangements

The Child Support Guide 2.9.5: Amending assessments

The Child Support Guide 4.1: Objections

The Child Support Guide 4.1.4: Can an objection decision be made?

The Child Support Guide 4.1.6: Making a decision to allow or disallow an objection

The Child Support Guide 4.1.8: Care percentage decisions

The Child Support Guide 4.2.2: Decisions which can be reviewed by the AAT

Legislation

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Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  • section 4 – Definition of 'administrative assessment'
  • section 4 - Definition of 'appealable refusal decision'
  • section 4 – Definition of 'appealable collection refusal decision'
  • section 4 – Definition of 'AAT'
  • section 79B – Suspension determinations
  • Part VII – Internal objection procedures for certain decisions
  • section 79D – Simplified outline
  • section 79E – Object of this Part
  • section 80 - Decisions against which objections may be lodged
  • section 80A - Objections against care percentage decisions
  • section 81 – Time limits on lodging objections
  • section 82 - Applications for extensions of time
  • section 83- Consideration of applications for extensions of time for lodging objections
  • section 84 - Grounds of objection
  • section 85 - Registrar to serve copies of objections and accompanying documents on other parties
  • section 86 - Other party may oppose objection
  • section 87 - Consideration of objections by Registrar
  • section 87AA - Date of effect of objections relating to care percentage decisions that are allowed
  • Part VIIA – Review by Administrative Appeals Tribunal

Delegations and authorisations

Child Support Services, Delegations and Authorisations.

Decision Makers (internal)

  • authorised to make decision on objections to COA decisions

Service Officer (SO6) Part 6A Objections

  • authorised to disallow objections to COA decisions
  • authorised to allow (in whole or part) objections to COA decisions
  • make a new decision when an objection to a COA decision is allowed (when all parties were involved prior to the original decision being made)

Service Officer (SO6) and all higher levels

  • authorised to determine that service of documents is not required

General Objections Service Officer (SO5) and all higher levels

  • authorised to make decision on general objections (not COA), including care percentage under s52
  • authorised to make decisions to apply actual care in special circumstances

General Objections Service Officer (SO4)

  • authorised to make decisions on general objections (not care percentage under s52) and Extension of Time.

Service Officer (SO4) and all higher levels

  • authorised to serve objections and accompanying documents on other parties
  • authorised to decide date of effect of an objection decision regarding care percentage (where the objection is lodged outside 28 days and there are special circumstances)
  • Objection Officers are not authorised to change a child support assessment if the COA application was refused pre-conference. In these circumstances, an Objection Officer may allow an objection and refer the case back to the COA team to reconsider the original application