Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

CHILD SUPPORT (REGISTRATION AND COLLECTION) REGULATIONS 2018

- made under the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name  
   3.      Authority  
   4.      Schedule 1  
   5.      Schedule 2  
   6.      Schedule 3  
   8.      Definitions  
   9.      Protected earnings rate  
   10.     Reciprocating jurisdictions  

   PART 2--REGISTRATION--OF MAINTENANCE LIABILITIES

   11.     Registrable overseas maintenance liability--penalty under international treaty  
   12.     Transmission of variation claims to overseas authorities  
   13.     Exclusion of liabilities  
   14.     Inclusion of liabilities in Child Support Register--exceptions  
   15.     Conversion of amounts payable under registrable maintenance liabilities  
   16.     Enforcement of Australian liabilities in reciprocating jurisdictions--exceptions  
   17.     Prescribed income test  
   18.     Satisfactory payment record  

   PART 3--PAYMENT--AND RECOVERY OF CHILD SUPPORT DEBTS

   19.     Specified payments  
   20.     Prescribed periodic deduction  
   21.     Prescribed periodic deduction for veterans  

   PART 4--DEPARTURE--PROHIBITION ORDERS

   22.     Departure prohibition orders--prescribed persons  

   PART 5--PAYMENTS--TO PAYEES

   23.     Prescribed amount that person not entitled to be paid  
   24.     Prescribed amount--remittances from employers  

   PART 6--REVIEW--BY THE ART

   25.     Limitation of powers of ART  

   PART 7--MISCELLANEOUS

   26.     Debts due to the Commonwealth  
   27.     Scale of expenses  
   28.     Evidentiary certificates  
   29.     Evidence by affidavit  
   30.     Documents taken to be duly signed  
   31.     Service of notices etc.  
   32.     Service of documents in Australia for overseas authority  
   33.     Giving notices or other communications in reciprocating jurisdictions  
   34.     Address for service  
   35.     Failure to notify change of address  
   36.     Assistance in communicating with overseas authorities  
   37.     Conversion of foreign currency to Australian currency  
   38.     Conversion of Australian currency to New Zealand currency  

   PART 8--APPLICATION--, SAVING AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

   39.     Application--jobseeker payment  
   40.     Application--reduction of social security pension or social security benefit to nil  
   41.     Application--reduction of veteran's pension or allowance to nil  
           SCHEDULE 1 Australia-New Zealand Agreement
           SCHEDULE 2 Reciprocating jurisdictions
           SCHEDULE 3 Powers of Registrar that ART must not exercise