Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CHILD SUPPORT (REGISTRATION AND COLLECTION) ACT 1988 - SECT 87

  (1)   If an objection is lodged under this Part, the Registrar must:

  (a)   consider the objection and:

  (i)   if paragraph   86A(1)(b) applies in relation to the objection--any grounds relied on to oppose or support the objection; or

  (ii)   otherwise--any notice lodged with the Registrar under section   86 or paragraph   86A(1)(a) in relation to the objection; and

  (b)   within 60 days after the objection is lodged, either:

  (i)   disallow the objection; or

  (ii)   allow it in whole or in part.

  (1A)   However, if any of the following is a resident of a reciprocating jurisdiction:

  (a)   the person objecting;

  (b)   in a case where a person has been served with a copy of the objection and any accompanying documents under section   85--that person;

  (c)   in a case where a person has been notified of the objection under section   85A--that person;

the Registrar has 120 days, instead of 60 days, to act under paragraph   (1)(b).

  (1B)   If:

  (a)   the objection is an objection to a care percentage decision; and

  (b)   a review of a decision carried out under Division   1 of Part   5 of the Family Assistance Administration Act has involved (wholly or partly) a review of the determination to which the care percentage decision relates;

the Registrar must not allow the objection in a way that has the effect of varying the determination or substituting a new determination.

  (2)   The Registrar must serve notice in writing of the decision on:

  (a)   the person who lodged the objection; and

  (b)   each other person:

  (i)   if the objection is an objection to a care percentage decision--who was entitled to be notified of the objection under section   85A; or

  (ii)   otherwise--who was entitled to be served a copy of the objection and the accompanying documents under section   85.

  (3)   A notice served on a person under subsection   (2) must include, or be accompanied by:

  (a)   the reasons for the decision; and

  (b)   a statement to the effect that if the person is aggrieved by the decision on the objection, the person may, subject to this Act and the ART Act, apply to the ART for review of the decision.

  (4)   A contravention of subsection   (3) in relation to a decision does not affect the validity of the decision.