Child Support Act 1991

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

89: Notification by Commissioner to other payers and payees

You could also call this:

“Commissioner tells people about child support payments and their rights”

The Commissioner must write to everyone who needs to pay or receive money for domestic maintenance or child support under a voluntary agreement or court order. This letter will tell you:

  • How much money needs to be paid
  • Who is paying and who is receiving the money
  • For child support, the names of the children involved

The Commissioner will send this letter as soon as they can after figuring out how much needs to be paid for a child support year. They will also send a new letter if the amount changes.

The letter will explain how you can object if you don’t agree with what it says. It will tell you that you can:

  • Object under section 90 or 91 if you’re unhappy with any details
  • Apply to the Family Court under Part 7

The Commissioner must make sure you have enough information to understand your rights to object.

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

89Notification by Commissioner to other payers and payees

  1. The Commissioner must give written notice under this section to every person who is required under this Act to make payments, and every person entitled under this Act to receive payments, of—

  2. domestic maintenance; or
    1. child support under a voluntary agreement; or
      1. child support under a court order.
        1. The notice must set out—

        2. the amount of domestic maintenance or child support payable; and
          1. the name of the payer and the payee; and
            1. in the case only of a notice relating to child support, the name of each child in respect of whom payment is to be made.
              1. The notice must be given—

              2. as soon as practicable after determining the amount payable in respect of a child support year; and
                1. after making any assessment that changes the amount payable.
                  1. The notice must contain sufficient information to enable the recipient to exercise his or her rights to object under section 90 or 91.

                  2. The notice must also include, or be accompanied by, statements that specifically draw to the attention of the recipient his or her right to—

                  3. object under section 90 or 91 if he or she is aggrieved by any of the particulars of the assessment; and
                    1. apply to the Family Court under Part 7.
                      Notes
                      • Section 89: replaced, on , by section 17 of the Child Support Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 12).
                      • Section 89(5)(b): amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).