155Publication of figures

155 Publication of figures

(1) Before the end of each calendar year, the Registrar must publish in the Gazette for all child support periods starting in the following calendar year: (a) the minimum annual rate of child support; and (b) the annual rate of child support specified in subsection 65A(2) (low income parents not on income support). (2) Before the end of each calendar year, the Secretary must publish in the Gazette for all child support periods starting in the following calendar year: (a) the annualised MTAWE figure for the relevant September quarter; and (b) the Costs of the Children Table, incorporating: (i) the annualised MTAWE figure for the relevant September quarter; and (ii) any other amounts in items in the table that can be worked out using the annualised MTAWE figure. (3) The instruments published under subsections (1) and (2) are not legislative instruments.

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

99 Subsection 4(1)

Insert:

non‑parent carer has the meaning given by section 5 of the Assessment Act.

100 Subparagraphs 17(1)(a)(i) and (ii)

After “periodic amount”, insert “to a parent or non‑parent carer of the child”.

101 Paragraph 24A(2)(c)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

(c) the application giving rise to the child support assessment was made by the parent by whom child support is payable.

102 Subparagraph 79B(1)(a)(iii)

Omit “the person from whom the application sought payment”, substitute “a person who was to be assessed in respect of the costs of the child”.

103 Subsection 80(5)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(5) An objection to a decision of the Registrar to refuse to accept an application for administrative assessment may not be lodged if one of the reasons for the Registrar so refusing was that the Registrar was not satisfied under section 29 that a person who was to be assessed in respect of the costs of a child is a parent of the child concerned.

Note: In that case, the applicant may be able to apply to a court under section 106A of the Assessment Act for a declaration that the applicant is entitled to administrative assessment of child support for the child.

104 Subsection 85(1) (table item 4)

Omit “the person to whom or from whom the application seeks payment of child support, as the case requires”, substitute “each parent who the application sought to be assessed in respect of the costs of the child, and any non‑parent carer of the child, (other than the person who objects to the decision)”.

105 Paragraph 101(3)(b)