Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child Support Scheme - New Formula and Other Measures) Act 2006 (146 of 2006)

Schedule 2   Consequential amendments and application and saving provisions relating to the formulas

Part 1   Consequential amendments

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

76   Section 34C

Repeal the section, substitute:

34C Administrative assessments for child support periods not started by application or new agreement

The Registrar must assess under this Act the annual rate of child support payable for a child for days in a child support period either before, or as soon as practicable after, the start of the period unless:

(a) the period starts when the application is made under Part 4; or

(b) the period starts on a day mentioned in paragraph 93(1)(g); or

(c) an assessment of the child support payable for the child for days in the period has already been made as required by section 34A; or

(d) the period starts on the first day for which a child support agreement described in subsection 34B(1) is to affect the annual rate of child support payable for the child.

Note 1: Section 31 requires the Registrar to make an assessment of child support payable as quickly as possible after accepting an application under Part 4.

Note 2: Subsection 93(2) requires the Registrar to make an assessment of child support payable as soon as practicable after accepting certain child support agreements.

Note 3: If a child support agreement has effect for the purposes of the child support period, it will affect the assessment (see section 95).