Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

A payee may apply to the Registrar for entry, in the Child Support Register, of the particulars of an overseas maintenance liability that is not a registrable overseas maintenance liability.

An application must be made in the manner specified by the Registrar.

In the absence of an application made in accordance with subsection (2), a document or documents given by the payee may be taken to be an application for entry of the particulars of an overseas maintenance liability if the Registrar is satisfied that it is appropriate to do so.

The Registrar must, within 90 days after receiving an application, enter the particulars of the liability in the Child Support Register if the Registrar is satisfied that to do so would be consistent with the international maintenance arrangement on which the payee relies.

The Registrar may refuse to register a maintenance assessment, order or agreement issued, made or registered in a foreign country that is a party to an international treaty and that is prescribed by the regulations if the payee is habitually resident in that country.

For the purposes of this Act, a decision under this section is taken to be a decision in relation to a registrable maintenance liability.