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Maintenance Act 1965
sec.68Collector of maintenance
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### sec.68 Collector of maintenance
A collector of maintenance, deputy collector of maintenance, assistant collectors of maintenance and other officers necessary for this part are to be employed under the Public Sector Act 2022 .
Upon the commencement of this part—
the clerk of the court, Brisbane, shall be the collector of maintenance; and
the assistant clerk of the court, Brisbane, shall be the deputy collector of maintenance; and
every other clerk of the court in Queensland shall be an assistant collector of maintenance;
each by virtue of the respective office and without further or other appointment of any kind.
The deputy collector of maintenance and every assistant collector of maintenance shall have and may exercise, subject to any directions of the collector of maintenance and to the regulations made under this Act, all the powers and functions of the collector of maintenance.
s 68 amd 1996 No. 37 s 147 sch 2 ; 2009 No. 25 s 83 sch ; 2022 No. 34 s 365 sch 3
(sec.68-ssec.1) A collector of maintenance, deputy collector of maintenance, assistant collectors of maintenance and other officers necessary for this part are to be employed under the Public Sector Act 2022 .
(sec.68-ssec.2) Upon the commencement of this part— the clerk of the court, Brisbane, shall be the collector of maintenance; and the assistant clerk of the court, Brisbane, shall be the deputy collector of maintenance; and every other clerk of the court in Queensland shall be an assistant collector of maintenance; each by virtue of the respective office and without further or other appointment of any kind.
(sec.68-ssec.3) The deputy collector of maintenance and every assistant collector of maintenance shall have and may exercise, subject to any directions of the collector of maintenance and to the regulations made under this Act, all the powers and functions of the collector of maintenance.
- (a) the clerk of the court, Brisbane, shall be the collector of maintenance; and
- (b) the assistant clerk of the court, Brisbane, shall be the deputy collector of maintenance; and
- (c) every other clerk of the court in Queensland shall be an assistant collector of maintenance;