Child Support (Registration and Collection) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 1)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 148

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988.

Dated 22 June 2006

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

MAL BROUGH

Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child Support Scheme—Initial Measures) Act 2006.

3 Amendment of Child Support (Registration and Collection) Regulations 1988

  Schedule 1 amends the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Regulations 1988.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Paragraph 5E (1) (a)

omit

$5 per week;

insert

the minimum rate per week;

[2] Paragraph 5E (2) (a)

omit

$5 per week

insert

the minimum rate per week

[3] After subregulation 5E (2)

insert

 (3) In this regulation:

minimum annual rate of child support, for a calendar year, means the amount worked out in accordance with subsection 66 (4) of the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 as if a reference in that subsection to child support period were a reference to calendar year.

minimum rate, for a week in a calendar year, means the amount worked out using the following steps:

Step 1: Divide the minimum annual rate of child support for the calendar year by 365.25.

Step 2: Round the amount worked out in Step 1 to 5 decimal places by increasing the fifth decimal place by 1 if the sixth decimal place is 5 or more.

Step 3: Multiply the amount worked out in Step 2 by 7.

Step 4: Round up the amount worked out in Step 3 to the nearest cent.

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