Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 - SECT 155

  (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 June quarter; and

  (b)   the Costs of the Children Table, incorporating:

  (i)   the annualised MTAWE figure for the relevant June quarter; and

  (ii)   any other amounts in items in the table that can be worked out using the annualised MTAWE figure.

  (2A)   Before the end of each financial year, the Secretary must publish in the Gazette the AWE amount (see section   58AA) for the quarter ending on 31   December of that year.

  (3)   The instruments published under subsections   (1), (2) and (2A) are not legislative instruments.