Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child Support Scheme—New Formula and Other Measures) Act 2006
76Notice of assessment to be given
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76 Notice of assessment to be given
(1) When the Registrar makes an administrative assessment, the Registrar must immediately give written notice of the assessment to the liable parent and the carer entitled to child support. (2) The notice must (in addition to specifying the matters that section 69 (daily rate conversion) requires to be specified in the notice) specify at least the following matters: (a) the adjusted taxable income, and child support income, of any parent (the assessed parent) who was assessed in respect of the costs of the children in the child support case to which the assessment relates; (b) the names and dates of birth of those children; (c) the age ranges of any relevant dependent children of an assessed parent; (d) the age ranges of any other children in other child support cases of an assessed parent; (e) an assessed parent’s, and non‑parent carer’s, percentage of care for each child in the child support case to which the assessment relates; (f) whether a carer entitled to child support was in receipt of an income tested pension, allowance or benefit when the assessment was made; (g) the costs of each child in the child support case to which the assessment relates; (h) such other matters as are prescribed. (3) The notice must also include, or be accompanied by, statements of the following kinds: (a) a statement that specifically draws the attention of the liable parent and the carer entitled to child support to the right: (i) to object, subject to the Registration and Collection Act, to particulars of the assessment; and (ii) if aggrieved by the decision on an objection to particulars of the assessment (no matter who lodges the objection but subject to that Act), to apply to the SSAT for review of the decision; (b) a statement that specifically draws the attention of the liable parent and the carer entitled to child support to the right, if aggrieved by a decision of the SSAT in relation to the percentage of care of the liable parent or the carer entitled to child support, to apply to the AAT for review of the decision; (c) a statement that specifically draws the attention of the liable parent and the carer entitled to child support to the right to apply to the Registrar for a determination under Part 6A having the effect that the provisions of this Act relating to administrative assessment of child support will be departed from in relation to a child in the special circumstances of the case; (d) a statement that specifically draws the attention of the liable parent and the carer entitled to child support to the right, subject to the Family Law Act 1975, to apply to a court having jurisdiction under this Act for an order under section 124 that a parent provide child support for the child otherwise than in the form of periodic amounts.