Child Support Act 1991

Payment of financial support - Payments by Commissioner

146: Time at which payments are to be made

You could also call this:

“When the government must pay out child support money”

The Commissioner needs to pay out money for financial support by the 7th day of the month after they receive it. This applies to money they get by the 20th day of any month. If someone pays money early, before it’s due, the Commissioner will treat it as if they got it on the day it was supposed to be paid.

Sometimes, the Commissioner might not have to pay right away. If the amount they need to pay someone is less than $5, they don’t have to pay it at that time.

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 It might be out of date or be missing some parts.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=DLM256534.


Previous

145: Payment to spouses or other partners, or

"Money for supporting a spouse or partner goes directly to them"


Next

147: Unremitted deductions made by employers or PAYE intermediaries, or

"Money taken from pay for child support counts even if the boss is late sending it"

Part 9 Payment of financial support
Payments by Commissioner

146Time at which payments are to be made

  1. Any money by way of financial support—

  2. that is received by the Commissioner on or before the 20th day of any month; and
    1. that is required to be paid out by the Commissioner under any provision of this Part—
      1. shall, subject to this section, be paid out on or before the seventh day of the following month.

      2. Any money that is paid to the Commissioner in advance of the day on which it is due shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (1) as if it is received by the Commissioner on the day on which it is due.

      3. Where the amount that a payee is, but for this subsection, entitled to be paid under any provision of this Part is at any time less than $5, the Commissioner is not required to pay that amount at that time.