Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Coronavirus and Other Measures) Act 2020 (97 of 2020)

Schedule 6   Child support

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

2   At the end of section 5A

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Determination of amount by Minister

(6) If the Australian Statistician has not published the amount referred to in subsection (1) for a relevant June quarter before the end of the first 30 September after the end of that quarter, the Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine an amount for that quarter.

(7) If the Minister does so, the amount referred to in subsection (1) for that quarter is taken to be the amount determined in the instrument under subsection (6) for that quarter.

Note: The annualised MTAWE figure for that quarter will be 52 times the amount that is taken to be the amount referred to in subsection (1) for that quarter.