Child Support Act 1991

Departure from formula assessment of child support initiated by Commissioner

96S: Commissioner may make preliminary enquiries

You could also call this:

"The Commissioner can check things out before making special child support decisions"

The Commissioner can look into things before deciding if they need to make a special decision about child support. This means they can check information they already have and ask questions or investigate further if they need to. They're allowed to do this to see if they should make a decision that's different from the usual way of working out child support. You don't need to do anything - this is just about what the Commissioner can do to get ready to make a decision.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

This page was last updated on

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM255185.


Previous

96R: Matters that Commissioner must be satisfied of before making determination, or

"What the Commissioner checks before making special child support decisions"


Next

96T: Notice to subject parent giving chance to respond, or

"The government tells you about a possible change to your child support and asks what you think"

Part 6BDeparture from formula assessment of child support initiated by Commissioner

96SCommissioner may make preliminary enquiries

  1. The Commissioner may conduct a preliminary enquiry or investigation with a view to considering whether a determination under this Part may be appropriate.

  2. For the purposes of this section, the Commissioner—

  3. may act on the basis of any information in the Commissioner's possession; and
    1. may make any enquiries or investigations the Commissioner considers necessary.
      Notes
      • Section 96S: inserted, on , by section 24 of the Child Support Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 42).