Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CHILD SUPPORT (REGISTRATION AND COLLECTION) ACT 1988 - SECT 65A

  (1)   If the Registrar is not going to collect amounts due to the Commonwealth under, or in relation to, an enforceable maintenance liability by deduction from the salary or wages of the payer of the liability, the payer may elect that the payment period entered in the Child Support Register in respect of the liability under paragraph   26(2)(b) be changed.

  (2)   In making the election, the payer must:

  (a)   specify a payment period; and

  (b)   specify the day from which the period starts.

  (3)   An election made under subsection   (1) must be made in the manner specified by the Registrar.

Example 1:   The payer elects a 4 week period as the payment period. The payer elects that the start day of the period will be 8   July which is a Wednesday. Therefore the period will end 4 weeks later on a Tuesday.

Example 2:   The payer elects a period of a month as the payment period. The payer elects that the start day will be 16   October. Therefore the period will end on 15   November. If the payer elects that the start day will be 31   January, the period will end on 28   February.

Note:   Section   16A provides for the Registrar to specify the manner in which an election may be made.