Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

If an amount (in this section called the late payment penalty) is payable by a person under section 67 in relation to a child support debt and:

the Registrar is satisfied that:

the circumstances that contributed to the delay in payment of the debt were not due to, or caused directly or indirectly by, an act or omission of the person; and

the person has taken reasonable action to mitigate, or mitigate the effects of, those circumstances; or

the Registrar is satisfied that:

the circumstances that contributed to the delay in payment of the debt were due to, or caused directly or indirectly by, an act or omission of the person; and

the person has taken reasonable action to mitigate, or mitigate the effects of, those circumstances; and

having regard to the nature of those circumstances, it would be fair and reasonable to remit the late payment penalty or part of the late payment penalty; or

the Registrar is satisfied that there are special circumstances by reason of which it would be fair and reasonable to remit the late payment penalty or part of the late payment penalty;

If the Registrar makes a decision under subsection (1):

to remit only part of a penalty; or

not to remit any part of a penalty;

The notice must include, or be accompanied by, a statement to the effect that:

the person may, subject to this Act, object to the decision (the original decision); and

if the person is dissatisfied by a later decision of the Registrar on an objection to the original decision, the person may, subject to this Act and the ART Act, apply to the ART for review of the later decision.

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