Child Support (Registration and Collection) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 2)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 347

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, GovernorGeneral 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 13 December 2006

P. M. JEFFERY

GovernorGeneral

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. 2).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on 1 January 2007.

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] Regulation 2, before definition of partnered

insert

Act means the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988.

[2] Regulation 2, definition of the Act

omit

[3] Regulation 8

substitute

8 Debts due to the Commonwealth

  For paragraph 113 (1) (a) of the Act:

 (a) the place at which a debt is payable is any of the following:

 (i) the Child Support Agency;

 (ii) a payment agency that, by arrangement with the Child Support Agency, accepts payment of such a debt;

 (iii) a financial institution that, by arrangement with the Child Support Agency, maintains an account for receipt of payment of such a debt; and

 (b) the manner in which a debt is payable is:

 (i) if the payment of the debt is made to the Child Support Agency:

 (A) by cheque or money order; or

 (B) by electronic means capable of being processed by the Agency; or

 (ii) if the payment of the debt is made to a payment agency or financial institution — by a means capable of being processed by the payment agency or financial institution.

Note   Details of each payment agency that accepts the payment of a child support debt and each financial institution that maintains an account for receipt of payment of a child support debt are set out on the Child Support Agency website at www.csa.gov.au.

8A Limitation on powers of SSAT (Act s 103T (3))

  Subsection 103T (1) of the Act does not apply to the following:

 (a) a provision of the Act mentioned in Part 1 of Schedule 1;

 (b) a provision of the Assessment Act mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 1.

[4] Subregulations 9 (1) and (2)

omit

the Schedule

insert

Schedule 2

[5] After regulation 16

insert

Schedule 1 Provisions to which subsection 103T (1) of the Act does not apply

(regulation 8A)

Part 1 Provisions of the Act

 

Item

Provision

1

subsection 13 (2)

2

subsections 15 (1), (1A) and (2)

3

subsections 16A (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5)

4

section 21

5

subsection 24 (2)

6

section 37A

7

subsections 38B (1) and (2)

8

subsection 45 (1), paragraph 45 (2) (b) and subsection 45 (2A)

9

subsection 61 (1)

10

paragraph 72 (1) (c)

11

subsection 72A (1) and paragraph 72A (3) (b)

12

subsections 72AA (1) and (2)

13

subsection 72AB (3)

14

subsection 72B (2)

15

subsection 72C (1)

16

Part VA

17

subsection 112 (2)

18

paragraph 113 (1) (b) and subsection 113 (2)

19

subsections 116 (1), (2) and (3)

20

subsection 117 (1)

21

subsection 120 (1)

Part 2 Provisions of the Assessment Act

 

Item

Provision

1

subsection 145 (1)

2

subsections 149 (1), (1AA), (1A) and (2)

3

subsections 150A (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5)

4

section 153

5

subsection 157 (1)

6

subsection 160 (1)

7

subsection 161 (1)

[6] Schedule, heading

substitute

Schedule 2 Expenses to be allowed to person required to attend under section 120 of the Act

(regulation 9)

Note

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