Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 No. 124 of 1989 - SECT 123

123. (1) Application may be made to a court having jurisdiction under this Act
for an order that a liable parent provide child support for a child otherwise
than in the form of periodic amounts paid to the custodian entitled
to child support.

(2) An application:

   (a)  may only be made if an administrative assessment is in force in
        relation to the child, the custodian entitled to child support and the
        liable parent; and (b) may be made by the
        custodian entitled to child support or the liable parent.

(3) Before hearing the application, the court must hear and determine any
pending application made to the court for an order under Division 4 (Orders
for departure from administrative assessment in special circumstances) in
relation to the child, the custodian entitled to child support and the liable
parent.

(4) Subject to section 145 (Registrar may intervene in proceedings), the
parties to the application are the custodian entitled to child support and the
liable parent.