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

85   Subsection 118(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) The orders that a court may make under this Division are as follows:

(a) an order varying the annual rate of child support payable by a parent;

(b) an order varying a parent's or non-parent carer's cost percentage for a child;

(c) an order varying a parent's child support income;

(d) an order varying the parents' combined child support income;

(e) an order that:

(i) the column in the Costs of the Children Table that covers a parent's child support income or combined child support income that is, or is ordered to be, greater than 2.5 times the annualised MTAWE figure for the relevant September quarter, is the column headed "2 to 2.5"; and

(ii) the column is to apply as if the second dollar amount in the heading to that column did not apply;

(f) an order varying a parent's child support percentage;

(g) an order varying a parent's adjusted taxable income;

(h) an order varying a parent's relevant dependent child amount or multi-case allowance;

(i) an order varying a parent's self-support amount;

(j) an order varying the costs of the children.


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