Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

This section applies to a registrable maintenance liability or an enforceable maintenance liability if the Registrar is to collect amounts due to the Commonwealth under, or in relation to, the liability by deduction from the salary or wages of the payer of the liability.

This section deals with the determination, in relation to a liability, of:

the payment period the Registrar must enter in the Child Support Register under paragraph 26(2)(b) as the period at which amounts are payable in respect of the liability (see subsection (3)); and

the day that the Registrar must enter in the Register under paragraph 26(2)(b) as the day from which a payment period (see subsection (4)) starts.

For payment period see subsection 4(1).

If the Registrar is going to collect amounts due to the Commonwealth under a liability, or in relation to the liability, by deduction from the salary or wages of the payer, the period that the Registrar must enter in the Register is the payment period that reflects the payer’s pay cycle.

If a payer is paid weekly, the payment period the Registrar must enter in the Child Support Register will be a week. Similarly, if the payer is paid monthly, the payment period the Registrar must enter in the Register will be a calendar month or a month.

Part IV deals with collection by deduction from salary or wages.

The start day of the payment period referred to in subsection (3) in respect of the liability, is a day specified by the Registrar. The day that the Registrar must specify is the first day of the first of the payment periods in which deduction from the salary or wages of the payer will occur.