Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2010C00151:clause:5_84:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2010C00151
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 5 cl 84 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 344519–347149

84  Provisions that may be included in agreements

Provisions that may be included

 (1) An agreement is a child support agreement only if it includes one or more of the following kinds of provisions:
 (a) provisions under which a party is to pay child support for a child to another party in the form of periodic amounts paid to the other party;
 (b) provisions under which the rate at which a party is already liable to pay child support for a child to another party in the form of periodic amounts paid to the other party is varied;
 (c) provisions agreeing between parties any other matter that may be included in an order made by a court under Division 4 of Part 7 (departure orders);
 (d) provisions (the non‑periodic payment provisions) that state:
 (i) that a party (the liable party) is to provide child support for a child to another party otherwise than in the form of periodic amounts; and
 (ii) that the annual rate of child support payable for the child by the liable party under any relevant administrative assessment is to be reduced, in the manner specified under subsection (6), by the amount of child support to be provided by the liable party;
 (e) provisions (the lump sum payment provisions) that meet the requirements of subsection (7) and that state:
 (i) that a party (the liable party) is to provide child support for a child to another party in the form of a lump sum payment (including by way of transfer or settlement of property); and
 (ii) that the lump sum payment is to be credited against the liable party's liability under the relevant administrative assessment in relation to amounts payable under the liability;
 (f) provisions under which a party is to provide child support for a child to another party otherwise than in the form of periodic amounts and that are not non‑periodic payment provisions or lump sum payment provisions;
 (g) provisions under which the liability of a party to pay or provide child support for a child to another party is to end from a specified day.

 (2) The agreement may include more than one kind of provision in relation to different parts of a child support period and different child support periods.

Other kinds of provisions not to have effect

 (3) If the agreement also includes provisions of a kind not referred to in subsection (1), those provisions do not have effect for the purposes of this Act.

 (4) Subsection (3) does not affect the operation of provisions of the kind referred to in that subsection for any other purpose.

Agreement may also be parenting plan, maintenance agreement or financial agreement

 (5) Without limiting subsection