Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

If an application is sent to the Registrar under section 82 in relation to an objection under this Part, the Registrar must:

consider the application; and

within 60 days after the application is received by the Registrar:

either grant or refuse the application; and

if the application is granted—deal with the objection under subsection 87(1).

However, if the person who made the application is a resident of a reciprocating jurisdiction, the Registrar has 90 days, instead of 60 days, to act under paragraph (1)(b).

If the Registrar does not either grant or refuse to grant the application within the period applicable under subsection (1) or (1A), the Registrar is taken, at the end of that period, to have refused to grant the application.

The Registrar must serve notice in writing of the decision on the person who made the application.

The notice must include, or be accompanied by:

the reasons for the decision; and

a statement to the effect that, if the person is aggrieved by the decision, application may be made, subject to this Act and the ART Act, to the ART for review of the decision.

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

If an application under subsection 82(1) is granted, the person who made the application is, for the purposes of this Act, taken to have duly lodged the objection to which the application relates.