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Child Support Act 1991

Assessment of child support and domestic maintenance - Provisions relating to making of assessments

80: Assessments for part of child support year

You could also call this:

“How child support is calculated for part of a year”

When figuring out how much child support or domestic maintenance you need to pay for part of a year, the government treats it as if it were a full year. They do this by pretending that the start and end dates of the shorter period are actually the start and end of a whole year. This helps them work out the right amount you should pay, even if it’s not for a full 12 months.

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Part 5 Assessment of child support and domestic maintenance
Provisions relating to making of assessments

80Assessments for part of child support year

  1. In making an assessment of child support or domestic maintenance payable in relation to the days of a period of less than a full child support year, the Commissioner may apply this Act as if the beginning and end of the period were respectively the beginning and end of a full child support year.

Compare
  • Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 s 71 (Aust)
Notes
  • Section 80: amended, on , by section 3 of the Child Support Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 6).