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Child Support Act 1991

Automatic deductions - Automatic deductions

162: Authority to make deductions

You could also call this:

“The law protects people who take money from your pay when they're told to”

If someone takes money from your pay or makes a payment because of a deduction notice, they are protected by the law. This means that you, as the person who owes money, and anyone else involved, can’t get them in trouble for following the notice. The law says it’s okay for them to do this, and they won’t get in trouble for taking the money or making the payment.

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Part 10 Automatic deductions
Automatic deductions

162Authority to make deductions

  1. Any person making a deduction or payment pursuant to a deduction notice shall be deemed to have been acting under the authority of the liable person to whom the notice relates and of all other persons concerned and is hereby indemnified in respect of the deduction or payment.