Part 8Collection of financial support
Method in which financial support to be collected
129Right to choose voluntary automatic deductions or other payment method
Subject to sections 129A to 131, any person who is liable to pay financial support under this Act must pay the money so payable to the Commissioner—
- by way of automatic deduction under Part 10 from source deduction payments paid by an employer of the person, if the conditions in subsection (2) are met; or
- if those conditions are not met, by any other payment method acceptable to the Commissioner.
The conditions are that—
- the person is, or will be, the recipient of source deduction payments from the employer; and
- the person chooses, in a way acceptable to the Commissioner, for deductions in respect of future payments of financial support to be made from source deduction payments paid by the employer; and
- the Commissioner does not consider automatic deductions inappropriate in the person’s case.
Notes
- Section 129: replaced, on , by section 43 of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2015–16, Research and Development, and Remedial Matters) Act 2016 (2016 No 1).
- Section 129(1): amended, on , by section 40 of the Child Support Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 6).