Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 - SECT 34C

    The Registrar must assess under this Act the annual rate of child support payable for a child for days in a child support period either before, or as soon as practicable after, the start of the period unless:

  (a)   the period starts when the application is made under Part   4; or

  (b)   the period starts on a day mentioned in paragraph   93(1)(g); or

  (c)   an assessment of the child support payable for the child for days in the period has already been made as required by section   34A; or

  (d)   the period starts on the first day for which a child support agreement described in subsection   34B(1) is to affect the annual rate of child support payable for the child.

Note 1:   Section   31 requires the Registrar to make an assessment of child support payable as quickly as possible after accepting an application under Part   4.

Note 2:   Subsection   93(2) requires the Registrar to make an assessment of child support payable as soon as practicable after accepting certain child support agreements.

Note 3:   If a child support agreement has effect for the purposes of the child support period, it will affect the assessment (see section   95).