Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 66R

  (1)   If:

  (a)   a court makes an order under this Act (whether or not the order is made in proceedings in relation to the maintenance of a child, is made by consent or varies an earlier order) that has the effect of requiring:

  (i)   payment of a lump sum, whether in one amount or by instalments; or

  (ii)   the transfer or settlement of property; and

  (b)   the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the payment, transfer or settlement is to make provision for the maintenance of a child or children;

the court must:

  (c)   express the order to be an order to which this section applies; and

  (d)   specify:

  (i)   the child or children for whose maintenance provision is made by the payment, transfer or settlement; and

  (ii)   the portion of the payment, or the value of the portion of the property, attributable to the provision of maintenance for the child or each child, as the case may be.

  (2)   If:

  (a)   a court makes an order of a kind referred to in paragraph   (1)(a); and

  (b)   the order:

  (i)   is not expressed to be an order to which this section applies; or

  (ii)   is expressed to be an order to which this section applies, but does not comply with paragraph   (1)(d);

any payment, transfer or settlement of a kind referred to in paragraph   (1)(a), that the order has the effect of requiring, is to be taken not to make provision for the maintenance of a child.