Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2018L00307
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Details: F2018L00307
- F2018L00307
These regulations replace and repeal the Child Support (Assessment) Regulations 1989.
F2018L00307
Part 2—Children who may be covered by the Act
Part 3—Applications to Registrar for administrative assessment of child support
Part 4—Administrative assessment of child support
Part 5—Consent arrangements
Part 2—Children who may be covered by the Act 3
6............ Exclusion of certain children......................................................................................... 3
Part 3—Applications to Registrar for administrative assessment of child support 4
7............ Prescribed overseas jurisdictions................................................................................... 4
8............ Actions that may be taken by an overseas authority of a reciprocating jurisdiction for a person 4
9............ Excluded reciprocating jurisdictions.............................................................................. 4
Part 4—Administrative assessment of child support 5
10.......... Taxable income—prescribed provisions and circumstances.......................................... 5
11.......... Adjusted taxable income—prescribed circumstances.................................................... 5
12.......... Overseas income—conversion of currency................................................................... 6
13.......... Prescribed payments...................................................................................................... 6
14.......... Conversion of annual rates into daily rates of payment................................................. 7
Part 5—Consent arrangements 8
15.......... Conversion of periodic amounts into annual rates......................................................... 8
Part 6—Administration 9
16.......... Circumstances in which Registrar’s jurisdiction ceases................................................. 9
17.......... Scales of expenses....................................................................................................... 10
18.......... Service of orders......................................................................................................... 10
19.......... Service of notices etc................................................................................................... 10
20.......... Address for service..................................................................................................... 11
21.......... Service of documents in Australia for overseas authority............................................ 11
22.......... Giving notices or other communications in reciprocating jurisdictions........................ 11
23.......... Date of making of application etc................................................................................ 11
24.......... Documents taken to be duly signed............................................................................. 11
Child Support (Assessment) Regulations 1989 13
This instrument is the Child Support (Assessment) Regulations 2018.
This instrument is made under the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989.
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act and in the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 (see section 6 of the Act).
Act means the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989.
Australia‑New Zealand Agreement means the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand on Child and Spousal Maintenance done at Canberra on 12 April 2000, a copy of the text of which is set out in Schedule 1 to the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Regulations 2018.
consent has the same meaning as in subsection 5(1) of the Electronic Transactions Act 1999.
electronic communication has the same meaning as in subsection 5(1) of the Electronic Transactions Act 1999.
NDIS amount has the same meaning as in section 9 of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013.
6 Exclusion of certain children
For the purposes of subsection 22(1) of the Act, children are not eligible children if they are in the custody of, or under the guardianship, care and control or supervision of, a person under a child welfare law of:
(b) South Australia.
7 Prescribed overseas jurisdictions
For the purposes of paragraphs 29(2)(b), (c) and (d) of the Act, each foreign country, or a part of a foreign country, mentioned in Schedule 2 to the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Regulations 2018 is a prescribed overseas jurisdiction.
8 Actions that may be taken by an overseas authority of a reciprocating jurisdiction for a person
For the purposes of subsections 29B(2) and (3) of the Act, the following actions are prescribed:
(b) under Part 6A of the Act, applying to the Registrar to make a determination under section 98S of the Act;
(d) under Part 7 of the Act, applying to a court to make an order under section 118 of the Act;
(f) subject to Part VIIA of the Registration and Collection Act, applying to the AAT for review of a decision;
9 Excluded reciprocating jurisdictions
For the purposes of section 30A of the Act, the following reciprocating jurisdictions are specified:
10 Taxable income—prescribed provisions and circumstances
(1) For the purposes of paragraphs 56(2)(b) and (c) of the Act, the following provisions and circumstances are prescribed:
(a) sections 78A, 82KJ, 82KK, 82KL and 177F of the Tax Act;
(b) sections 136AD, 136AE and 136AF of the Tax Act as in force immediately before 29 June 2013;
(c) the circumstances in which subsection 170(9B) of the Tax Act, as in force immediately before 29 June 2013, applied.
(2) For the purposes of subsection 57(7) of the Act, the following circumstances are prescribed:
(a) the circumstance in which a tax assessment under the Tax Act could be amended to give effect to the provisions of the Tax Act;
(b) the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (1)(c).
11 Adjusted taxable income—prescribed circumstances
(1) For the purposes of section 58A of the Act, the following circumstances are prescribed in relation to a parent who was unable to provide information about the parent’s adjusted taxable income to the Registrar at the time the relevant administrative assessment was made:
(a) one or more of the following applied in relation to the parent at that time:
(i) the parent did not know that an application for the assessment had been made and accepted;
(ii) the parent had a serious illness or injury;
(iii) the parent was under detention or imprisonment;
(iv) the parent resided in a remote location which made it difficult to contact the Registrar;
(v) a natural disaster prevented the parent from being able to contact the Registrar;
(b) the Registrar confirms that the parent was unable to provide the information at that time because of a circumstance mentioned in paragraph (a);
(2) For the purposes of section 58A of the Act, the following circumstances are prescribed in relation to a parent who resided overseas during the last relevant year of income for the child support period for which the Registrar made the relevant administrative assessment:
(a) the parent was not required to lodge a tax return under the Tax Act;
(b) the parent provides the information about the parent’s adjusted taxable income to the Registrar within a reasonable time in the circumstances.
12 Overseas income—conversion of currency
(2) The equivalent amount in Australian currency must be worked out using:
(a) the average exchange rate for the foreign currency for the financial year in which the income was derived, being the average of the international money transfer buying rates published by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia for that currency for that financial year; or
13 Prescribed payments
(1) For the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of income in subsection 66A(4) of the Act, money received by a person as an NDIS amount is prescribed.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of income in subsection 66A(4) of the Act, the following kinds of payments paid to a person are prescribed:
(a) an NDIS amount paid to the person;
(b) payments, in the nature of an amenity allowance or gratuity, authorised by the Governor of a prison, paid to the person if he or she is serving a term of imprisonment in the prison, to the extent that the payment is not for:
(c) disability support pension paid to the person under the social security law;
(d) pension paid to the person as a veteran who is totally and permanently incapacitated as mentioned in paragraph 24(1)(b) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986;
(e) Special Rate Disability Pension paid in relation to the person under Part 6 of Chapter 4 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
(3) Paragraphs (2)(c), (d) and (e) apply in relation to a pension only if the Registrar is satisfied that:
14 Conversion of annual rates into daily rates of payment
(1) For the purposes of section 69 of the Act, an annual rate of child support is to be converted into a daily rate by using the following formula:
DR is the daily rate of payment.
(2) In calculating a conversion, the daily rate must be rounded to 5 decimal places (rounding up if the sixth decimal place is 5 or more).
15 Conversion of periodic amounts into annual rates
If a child support agreement refers to a periodic amount of payment (the periodic amount), the annual rate of payment (the annual rate) in respect of the periodic amount is to be worked out as follows:
(a) in the case of a daily amount—in accordance with the formula:
(b) in the case of a weekly amount—in accordance with the formula:
(c) in the case of a periodic amount that is in respect of a period that is a multiple of one week—in accordance with the formula:
(d) in the case of a monthly amount—in accordance with the formula:
(e) in the case of a periodic amount that is in respect of a period that is a multiple of one month—in accordance with the formula:
AR is the annual rate.
NM is the number of months in respect of which the periodic amount is specified.
NW is the number of weeks in respect of which the periodic amount is specified.
16 Circumstances in which Registrar’s jurisdiction ceases
For the purposes of section 150DA of the Act, the following are prescribed:
(b) Article 5.2 of that Agreement.
17 Scales of expenses
For the purposes of subsection 161(2) of the Act, the prescribed scales of expenses to be allowed to a person (other than a person who is a payer, payee or a personal representative of a payer or payee) required to attend under section 161 of the Act are as follows:
For the purposes of subsection 162(2) of the Act, a copy of an order made under subsection 162(1) of the Act must be served on a person in the following manner:
(ii) by leaving the copy at, or sending the copy by prepaid post to, the address of the person last known to the proper officer of the court; or
(b) if the person is a body corporate—by leaving the copy at, or sending the copy by prepaid post to, the head office, a registered office or a principal office of the body corporate.
19 Service of notices etc.
21 Service of documents in Australia for overseas authority
22 Giving notices or other communications in reciprocating jurisdictions
For the purposes of section 162B of the Act, a notice or other communication that is required to be given to a person who is a resident of a reciprocating jurisdiction may be given to an overseas authority of the reciprocating jurisdiction, if the Registrar considers that it is desirable or appropriate to do so.
23 Date of making of application etc.
(1) An application for administrative assessment or for the acceptance of a child support agreement is to be taken to have been made on the day on which the application is received in an office of the Human Services Department.
(2) An election under section 60 of the Act, or a revocation under section 62, is to be taken to have been made on the day on which the form of election or revocation is received in an office of the Human Services Department.
(3) If any other matter is required by the Act to be done in an approved form, the form is to be taken to have been received on the day on which the form is received in an office of the Human Services Department.
24 Documents taken to be duly signed