Child Support (Registration and Collection) Amendment (Payment Methods) Regulations 2024

I, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated  21 November 2024

Sam Mostyn AC

Governor‑General

By Her Excellency’s Command

Amanda Rishworth

Minister for Social Services

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Regulations 2018

1  Name

  This instrument is the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Amendment (Payment Methods) Regulations 2024.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Regulations 2018

1  Subparagraph 26(b)(i)

Omit “cheque or money order, or by electronic means capable of being processed by the Human Services Department”, substitute “bank transfer, Visa or MasterCard credit card, BPAY, Post Billpay or debit card that is supported by the debit card system known as Debit MasterCard or Visa Debit”.