Child Support (Registration and Collection) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 1) (Cth)

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 2004 No. 452

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988.

Dated 23 March 2004

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

Christopher Pyne

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Family and Community Services

1Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 1).

2Commencement

These Regulations commence on the date of their notification in the Gazette.

3Amendment of Child Support (Registration and Collection) Regulations 1988

Schedule 1 amends the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Regulations1988.

Schedule 1Amendment

(regulation 3)

[1]After regulation 7

insert

8Debts due to the Commonwealth

For paragraph 113 (1) (a) of the Act:

1. (a)

   the place at which a debt is payable is any of the following:

   1. (i)

      the Child Support Agency;

   2. (ii)

      a payment agency that, by arrangement with the Child Support Agency, accepts such payments;

   3. (iii)

      a financial institution that, by arrangement with the Child Support Agency, maintains an account for receipt of such payments; and

2. (b)

   the manner in which a debt is payable is:

   1. (i)

      if the payment is made to the Child Support Agency:

      1. (A)

         by cheque or money order; or

      2. (B)

         by electronic means capable of being processed by the Agency; or

   2. (ii)

      if the payment is made to a payment agency or financial institution — by a means capable of being processed by the payment agency or financial institution.

Note Details of each payment agency that accepts the payment of a child support debt are set out on the Child Support Agency website at These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1988 No. 87, as amended by 1989 Nos. 51 and 258; 1990 No. 90; 1991 No. 242; 1994 Nos. 128 and 197; 1995 No. 178; 1997 No. 171; 1999 No. 104; 2001 Nos. 66 and 205.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette