Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CHILD SUPPORT (REGISTRATION AND COLLECTION) ACT 1988 - SECT 53

    Where:

  (a)   the Registrar receives an amount under paragraph   47(1)(a) from an employer other than the Commonwealth in relation to a calendar month;

  (b)   the employer contravenes paragraph   47(1)(b) in relation to the calendar month; and

  (c)   an amount (in this section called the appropriated amount ) is required to be credited to the Account under paragraph   78(3)(d) in relation to the employer in relation to the calendar month;

the employer is liable to pay to the Registrar, by way of penalty, an amount equal to the appropriated amount.