Newell v Child Support Registrar

In *Newell v Child Support Registrar*, the applicant sought to stay a Departure Prohibition Order made by the Child Support Registrar. The matter came before Judge Cassidy.

The central legal issue before the Court was whether it possessed the jurisdiction to entertain the applicant's oral application to stay the Departure Prohibition Order.

Judge Cassidy reasoned that the *Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988* (Cth) did not confer jurisdiction on the Court to grant a stay of a Departure Prohibition Order. The Court's power to review decisions of the Registrar was limited to specific circumstances, and the applicant's oral application did not fall within those prescribed circumstances. Consequently, the Court lacked the necessary jurisdiction to grant the relief sought.

The Court ordered that the oral application made on 29 September 2015 by the applicant to stay the Departure Prohibition Order dated 24 June 2015 be dismissed for want of jurisdiction.