Weiss and Child Support Registrar (Child support)

This matter concerned an appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal concerning the Child Support Registrar's refusal to grant extensions of time to object to two separate child support decisions. The applicant, Weiss, sought extensions of time to object to a decision made on [date] and a subsequent decision made on [date].

The Tribunal was required to determine whether the Registrar had erred in refusing to grant an extension of time to object to each of these decisions. Specifically, the Tribunal had to consider whether Weiss had provided a satisfactory explanation for the delay in lodging the objections and whether there was sufficient merit in the proposed objections to warrant granting an extension.

In relation to the first decision, the Tribunal found that Weiss had provided a satisfactory explanation for the delay and that the objection had clear merit. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that an extension of time should have been granted. However, regarding the second decision, the Tribunal found that there was no merit in the proposed objection, and therefore, the Registrar had correctly refused the extension of time.

The Tribunal set aside the Registrar's decision in relation to the first objection and substituted it with a decision granting an extension of time. The Registrar's decision in relation to the second objection was affirmed.