Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00851:section:150e
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00851
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 150E
Character Range: 442030–444334

150E  Suspension of liability to pay child support where parents reconcile

Child support not payable if parents reconcile
 (1) The Registrar must make a determination (a suspension determination) that child support is not payable for a child by a liable parent to the other parent of the child if:
 (a) the Registrar is notified, or otherwise becomes aware, that the parents have become members of the same couple; and
 (b) the Registrar is satisfied that the parents have become members of the same couple.
 (2) If the Registrar makes a suspension determination, child support for the child is not payable by the liable parent to the other parent:
 (a) from the day the Registrar determines that the parents became members of the same couple; and
 (b) until the Registrar makes a determination under subsection (3) in relation to the parents.
Note: Under section 12, there is a child support terminating event if the parents are members of the same couple for a period of 6 months or more.

Payment of child support to continue if reconciliation not successful
 (3) If:
 (a) a child support terminating event has not happened in relation to a child and the child's parents under subsection 12(5); and
 (b) the Registrar is satisfied that the parents have ceased being members of the same couple;
then the Registrar must make a determination under this subsection that child support is again payable by the liable parent to the other parent.
 (4) If the Registrar makes a determination under subsection (3), child support is again payable by the liable parent to the other parent from the day that the Registrar is satisfied that the parents ceased to be members of the same couple.

Suspension determination not to prevent payment of child support to non‑parent carers
 (5) To avoid doubt, child support is still payable by a liable parent for a child to a non‑parent carer of the child despite a suspension determination being made in respect of the parents of the child.

Parent taken not to be assessed in respect of the costs of the child
 (6) For the purposes of this Act and the Registration and Collection Act, a parent of a child is taken not to be assessed in respect of the costs of the child during the period in which child support is not payable by or to the parent under subsection (2).