Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 No. 124 of 1989 - SECT 76

76. (1) When the Registrar makes an administrative assessment, the Registrar
must immediately give written notice of the assessment to the liable parent,
and the custodian entitled to child support, in relation to whom the
assessment is made.

(2) The notice must (in addition to specifying the matters that section 69
requires to be specified in the notice) specify at least the following
matters:

   (a)  the child support percentage applied;

   (b)  the names and dates of birth of the children taken into account in
        ascertaining the child support percentage and, if any of the children
        are shared custody children, the names of those children;

   (c)  the liable parent's child support income amount;

   (d)  the names and dates of birth of any relevant dependent children of the
        liable parent;

   (e)  if the custodian entitled to child support is a parent of the
        child-the child support income amount of the
        custodian entitled to child support;

   (f)  if Subdivision E of Division 2 (Children shared or divided between
        parents) applies in relation to the parents of the child concerned and
        only one of the parents is a liable parent of the child-the
        child support income amount of the parent who is not a liable parent
        of the child and the names and dates of birth of any
        relevant dependent children of that parent;

   (g)  if Subdivision F of Division 2 (Children with 2 liable parents)
        applies in relation to the liable parent:

        (i)    the annual rate of child support that would, apart from section
               52, be payable by the other parent concerned; and

        (ii)   the other parent's child support income amount; and

        (iii)  the names and dates of birth of any relevant dependent children
               of the other parent;

   (h)  if Subdivision G of Division 2 (Liable parents with 2 or more
        custodians entitled to child support) applies in relation to the
        liable parent-the names and dates of birth of all the children in
        relation to whom the liable parent is a liable parent;

   (j)  whether the custodian entitled to child support was in receipt of an
        income tested pension, allowance or benefit when the assessment was
        made;

   (k)  such other matters as are prescribed.

(3) The notice must also include, or be accompanied by, statements of the
following kinds:

   (a)  a statement that specifically draws the attention of the liable parent
        and the custodian entitled to child support to the right, subject to
        the Family Law Act 1975, to appeal under section 110 to a court
        having jurisdiction under this Act against the assessment if he or she
        is aggrieved by any of the particulars of the assessment;

   (b)  a statement that specifically draws the attention of the liable parent
        and the custodian entitled to child support to the right, subject to
        the Family Law Act 1975, to apply to a court having jurisdiction
        under this Act for an order under Division 4 of Part 7 having the
        effect that the provisions of this Act relating to
        administrative assessment of child support will be departed from in
        relation to a child in the special circumstances of the case;

   (c)  a statement that specifically draws the attention of the liable parent
        and the custodian entitled to child support to the right, subject to
        the Family Law Act 1975, to apply to a court having jurisdiction
        under this Act for an order under section 124 that the liable parent
        provide child support for the child otherwise than in the form of
        periodic amounts paid to the custodian entitled to child support;

   (d)  a statement that specifically draws the attention of the liable parent
        and the custodian entitled to child support to the provisions of
        section 128 (Pensioners entitled to apply to have assessed
        child support not reduced by more than 25%).