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Child Support Act 1991

Exemptions - Determinations in relation to exemptions for hospital patients, persons suffering from long-term periods of illness, prisoners, and persons under 16 years

89L: Application for determination

You could also call this:

"How to ask for a child support decision"

Illustration for Child Support Act 1991

If you want the Commissioner to make a decision about child support, you can ask them. You need to write down your request and explain why you're asking. This is called an application.

The person who gets the child support payments can make this request. They're called the payee.

When you make your request, you need to tell the Commissioner the reasons for it. These reasons are called grounds.

There are two people involved in this process: the person who pays child support (the liable person) and the person who receives it (the payee).

The Commissioner can make different types of decisions. They don't have to stick only to what you've asked for in your application. They can make other decisions too if they think it's needed.

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Part 5AExemptions
Determinations in relation to exemptions for hospital patients, persons suffering from long-term periods of illness, prisoners, and persons under 16 years

89LApplication for determination

  1. A payee may, by written application, ask the Commissioner to make a determination under this subpart.

  2. An application under this section must set out the grounds on which the application is made.

  3. The parties to the application are the liable person and the payee.

  4. The determinations that the Commissioner may make under this subpart are not limited by the terms of the application.

Notes
  • Section 89L: inserted, on , by section 17(1) of the Child Support Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 42).
  • Section 89L(4): inserted, on , by section 27 of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2015–16, Research and Development, and Remedial Matters) Act 2016 (2016 No 1).