Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00813:section:26:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00813
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 26 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 93379–96131

26  Particulars of liability to be entered in Child Support Register

Particulars of the child support assessment, court order or maintenance agreement
 (1) The entry in the Child Support Register in relation to a registered maintenance liability must include particulars from the child support assessment, court order or maintenance agreement under which the liability arose. Those particulars are as follows:
 (a) the name of the payer;
 (b) the name of the payee;
 (c) particulars of the child support assessment, court order or maintenance agreement under which the liability arose and each assessment, court order and maintenance agreement varying or otherwise affecting the first‑mentioned assessment, order or agreement, being particulars that are, in the opinion of the Registrar, sufficient to adequately identify the basis of the liability;
 (d) the name and date of birth of each child to whose maintenance the entry relates;
 (e) the name of any other person to whose maintenance the entry relates;
 (f) the periodic amount, or the aggregate of the periodic amounts that are:
 (i) stipulated in the child support assessment, court order or maintenance agreement under which the liability arose; and
 (ii) payable by the payer in relation to the entry;
 (g) if the entry relates to the maintenance of 2 or more persons—the periodic amount attributable to each of them;
 (h) the period specified in the child support assessment, court order or maintenance agreement as the period at which amounts are payable under the liability;
 (i) particulars of any terms and conditions of the court order or agreement that the Registrar considers necessary or desirable to include in the entry to ensure that all the terms and conditions of the order or agreement relating to the liability are fully given effect to under this Act.
 (1A) To avoid doubt, the reference to 2 or more persons in paragraph (1)(g) does not include a reference to 2 or more children in relation to whom a single administrative assessment applies (see section 67 of the Assessment Act).

Particulars as to the payment period and payment rate
 (2) The entry in the Register must also include particulars relating to the payment rate and payment period in respect of the liability. Those particulars are as follows:
 (a) the initial period (determined under section 26C) (if any) at which an amount is payable in respect of the liability;
 (b) the payment period (determined under section 26A, 26B or 42A or Part IV), after the initial period (if any), at which amounts are payable in respect of the liability, and the start day of the period;
 (c) if employer withholding is to apply in relation to a liability—a weekly rate of payment in relation to the periodic amount, or the