Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CHILD SUPPORT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (REFORM OF THE CHILD SUPPORT SCHEME--NEW FORMULA AND OTHER MEASURES) ACT 2006 - NOTES

Act No. 146 of 2006 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 3 March 2010

[This Act was amended by Act No. 82 of 2007; No. 63 of 2008 ;
No. 8 of 2010]

Amendments from Act No. 82 of 2007 (as amended by No. 73 of 2008)

[Schedule 1 (item 1) amended subsection 2(1)
Schedule 1 (item 20) amended section 4
Schedule 1 (item 21) added Schedule 9
Schedule 1 (item 99) amended item 115 of Schedule 2
Schedule 1 (item 100) added item 116A to Schedule 2
Schedule 1 (item 212) repealed and substituted item 104 of Schedule 2
Schedule 1 (item 213) repealed items 1 and 2 of Schedule 6
Schedule 1 (item 214) repealed item 4 of Schedule 6

Schedule 1 (item 1) commenced immediately after 6 December 2006
Schedule 1 (items 20 and 21) commenced on 22 June 2007
Schedule 1 (items 99 and 100) commenced immediately before 1 January 2008
Schedule 1 (item 212) commenced immediately before 1 July 2008
Schedule 1 (items 213 and 214) commenced immediately before 1 July 2008

For application provision see Act No. 82, 2007, Schedule 1 (item 80)]

Amendments from Act No. 63 of 2008

[Schedule 6 (item 16) repealed and substituted item 73 and added item 73A to Schedule 5
Schedule 6 (item 17) amended subitem 74(2) of Schedule 5

Schedule 6 (items 16 and 17) commenced immediately after 6 December 2006]

Amendments from Act No. 8 of 2010

[Schedule 2 (item 2) repealed and substituted heading to item 114 of Schedule 2
Schedule 2 (item 3) added item 114A to Schedule 2

Schedule 2 (items 2 and 3) commenced immediately after 1 July 2008]

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

Contents

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Schedule(s)

4 Obtaining information

5 Definitions

6 Regulations

Schedule 1--The formulas (commencing on 1 July 2008)

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

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

Part 1--Consequential amendments

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

Family Law Act 1975

Part 2--Application and saving provisions

Schedule 3--SSAT review of child support decisions (commencing on 1 January 2007)

Part 1--Amendments

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

Family Law Act 1975

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

Part 2--Application provisions

Schedule 4--Other amendments commencing on 1 January 2007

Part 1--Amendments

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

Part 2--Application provisions

Schedule 5--Amendments relating to child support agreements and court orders (commencing on 1 July 2008)

Part 1--Main amendments

Division 1--Binding and limited child support agreements

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

Division 2--Lump sum payments

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

Division 3--Notional assessments

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

Part 2--Application and transitional provisions

Part 3--Consequential amendments

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

Social Security Act 1991

Schedule 6--Amendments relating to departure orders (commencing on 1 July 2008)

Part 1--Amendments

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

Part 2--Application provision

Schedule 7--Other amendments commencing on 1 July 2008

Part 1--Amendments

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

Part 2--Application provisions

Schedule 8--Amendments relating to family tax benefit (commencing on 1 July 2008)

Part 1--Regular care children

Division 1--Amendments

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

Social Security Act 1991

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

Division 2--Application and saving provisions

Part 2--Maintenance income test

Division 1--Amendments

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

Division 2--Application provision

Schedule 9--Transitional provision relating to court orders made before 1 July 2008

[Assented to 6 December 2006]

The Parliament of Australia enacts: