Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The principal objects of this Act are to ensure:
(a) that children receive from their parents the financial support that the parents are liable to provide; and
(b) that periodic amounts payable by parents towards the maintenance of their children are paid on a regular and timely basis; and
(c) that Australia is in a position to give effect to its obligations under international agreements or arrangements relating to maintenance obligations arising from family relationship, parentage or marriage.
(2) It is the intention of the Parliament that this Act shall be construed and administered, to the greatest extent consistent with the attainment of its objects, to limit interferences with the privacy of persons.