Child Support (Registration and Collection) Regulations 1988

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Department of Social Services

This item is authorised by the following title:

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

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F2008C00305

01 July 2008 - 30 June 2011

This instrument was backcaptured in accordance with Section 36 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003

Table of contents

1 Name of regulations [see Note 1]
2 Interpretation
3 Protected earnings rate
3A Reciprocating jurisdictions
4 Exclusion of liabilities
4A Registrable overseas maintenance liability — penalty under international treaty (Act s 18A)
4B Inclusion of liabilities in Child Support Register — exceptions (Act s 25A)
5 Conversion of amounts payable under registrable maintenance liabilities (Act s 29)
5AA Enforcement of Australian liabilities in reciprocating jurisdictions — exceptions (Act s 30A)
5A Prescribed income test — paragraphs 37B (4) (b) and 37B (5) (b) of the Act
5B Satisfactory payment record (Act s 38B (1))
5D Specified payments (Act s 71C)
5E Prescribed periodic deduction (Act s 72AA)
5EA Prescribed periodic deduction for veterans (Act s 72AC)
5F Departure prohibition orders — prescribed persons (Act s 72G)
6 Prescribed amount — subsection 76 (2) of the Act
7 Prescribed amount — subsection 78 (3) of the Act
7A Limitation on powers of SSAT (Act s 103T (3))
8 Debts due to the Commonwealth
9 Scale of expenses under subsection 120 (2) of the Act
11 Evidentiary certificates
12 Evidence by affidavit
13 Documents taken to be duly signed
14 Service of notices etc
14A Service of documents in Australia for overseas authority
14B Giving notices or other communications in reciprocating jurisdictions (Act s 121C)
15 Address for service
16 Failure to notify change of address
17 Assistance in communicating with overseas authorities
18 Transmission of variation claims to overseas authorities
19 Conversion of foreign currency to Australian currency
20 Conversion of Australian currency to New Zealand currency
- Schedule 1 Australia–New Zealand Agreement
- Schedule 2 Reciprocating jurisdictions
- Schedule 3 Provisions to which subsection 103T (1) of the Act does not apply
  - Part 1 Provisions of the Act
  - Part 2 Provisions of the Assessment Act
- Schedule 4 Expenses to be allowed to person required to attend under section 120 of the Act
  - Notes to the REF Citation \*charformat \* MERGEFORMAT Child Support (Registration and Collection) Regulations 1988

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Child Support (Registration and Collection) Regulations 1988