{"id":"F2021L01352","name":"Child Support (Registration and Collection) (Designated Program Act) Specification 2021","slug":"child-support-registration-and-collection-designated-program-act-specification-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441014,"registerId":"F2021L01352-fast-fetch-1775956446259","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Child Support (Registration and Collection) (Designated Program Act) Specification 2021","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-keywords: \"[SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive]\"\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nChild Support (Registration and Collection) (Designated Program Act) Specification 2021\n\nI, Anne Ruston, Minister for Families and Social Services, make the following specification.\n\nDated 24 September 2021    \n\nAnne Ruston\n\nMinister for Families and Social Services\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Schedules\n\n6  Designated program Acts\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nChild Support (Registration and Collection) (Designated Program Act) Specification 2011 (No. 1)\n\nChild Support (Registration and Collection) (Designated Program Act) Specification 2011 (No. 2)\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Child Support (Registration and Collection) (Designated Program Act) Specification 2021.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n1.     Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument. The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n1.     Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under paragraph (o) of the definition of ‘designated program Act’ in subsection 16AB(3) of the Act.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988.\n\n5  Schedules\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n6  Designated program Acts\n\n  For the purposes of paragraph (o) of the definition of ‘designated program Act’ in subsection 16AB(3) of the Act, the following Acts are specified:\n\n1.     the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998; and\n2.     the Taxation Administration Act 1953.\n\n\n \n\n \n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nChild Support (Registration and Collection) (Designated Program Act) Specification 2011 (No. 1)\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument\n\n \n\nChild Support (Registration and Collection) (Designated Program Act) Specification 2011 (No. 2)\n\n2  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains the original scope of the parent Act's information-sharing framework. It simply updates the list of designated program Acts and consolidates previous instruments without expanding the underlying purpose or powers."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (approximately 1 page of substantive content)","Only 2 defined terms ('Act' and standard commencement definitions)","No nested conditional logic or exceptions","Simple structure: definitions, designation of Acts, and repeal of superseded instruments","No cross-references beyond the parent Act definition","Straightforward administrative update consolidating two previous instruments into one"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument updates which laws the Child Support Agency can share information with under the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988, replacing two 2011 specifications. It designates the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998 and the Taxation Administration Act 1953 as “designated program Acts.”\n\nThat allows Services Australia/DSS to share child‑support data with APRA and the ATO to locate non‑paying parents and enforce payments, affecting payers, payees, and those agencies."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument replaces two prior 2011 specification instruments (Schedule 1) and explicitly lists the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998 and the Taxation Administration Act 1953 as 'designated program Acts' under subsection 16AB(3)(o) of the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 (s6). The practical scope change is an update to which statutory powers and information sources may be used for child‑support registration and collection, and removal of the earlier specifications."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow, procedural subject‑matter: only designates Acts and repeals two prior instruments (s6; Schedule 1).","Relies on cross‑reference to subsection 16AB(3)(o) of the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988, so legal effect depends on that external provision.","Simple commencement rule (commences the day after registration) reduces temporal complexity (Commencement table).","Low normative detail and minimal agency discretion within the instrument itself.","Operational complexity for agencies named: APRA and the agency exercising taxation administration powers must adjust procedures to support child support registration/collection.","Administrative and compliance implications are indirect—primarily an enabling/legal designation rather than a prescriptive regulatory regime."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument designates two Commonwealth Acts—the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998 and the Taxation Administration Act 1953—as \"designated program Acts\" for the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 (see s6). It repeals two 2011 specification instruments and takes effect the day after registration. It affects Commonwealth agencies and parents subject to child‑support registration/collection by authorising the use of APRA and taxation administration powers and data for child‑support purposes. The Minister makes the specification under subsection 16AB(3)(o)."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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