71Direct payments to payee

#### 71 Direct payments to payee (1) Subject to section 71D, if: (a) either: (i) the payee of an enforceable maintenance liability receives from the payer an amount intended by both the payer and the payee to be paid in complete or partial satisfaction of an amount payable under the liability in relation to the child support enforcement period; or (ii) the payee of a carer liability receives from the payer an amount intended by both the payer and the payee to be paid in complete or partial satisfaction of an amount payable under the liability; and (b) the payer or the payee applies to the Registrar to have the amount received by the payee treated as having been paid to the Registrar; the Registrar must, despite sections 30 and 69B, credit the amount received by the payee against the amount payable under the liability. (2) An application must be made in the manner specified by the Registrar. > Note: Section 16A provides for the Registrar to specify the manner in which an application may be made. (3) This section does not apply to an enforceable maintenance liability of a kind referred to in paragraph 18A(3)(a).