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Child Support Act 1991

Offences and penalties

210: Penalties for offences

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“What happens if you break child support rules”

If you break the rules in section 172 of the Child Support Act, you can be fined. The first time you do this, you might have to pay up to $15,000 for each rule you break. If you do it again after that, you could be fined up to $25,000 for each rule you break.

If you break the rules in section 208 (except for section 208(j)), the fines are different. The first time, you might have to pay up to $2,000 for each rule you break. The second time, it could be up to $4,000 for each rule. If you do it more times after that, you might have to pay up to $6,000 for each rule you break.

If you break the rule in section 208(j), which is about helping someone else break the rules, you could be fined. The fine would be the same as the biggest fine the person you helped could get.

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Part 12 Offences and penalties

210Penalties for offences

  1. Repealed

  2. Every person who commits an offence against section 172 shall,—

  3. on the first occasion on which the person is convicted of any such offence or more than 1 such offence, be liable, in respect of that offence or, as the case may be, each of those offences, to a fine not exceeding $15,000:
    1. on every occasion, other than the occasion referred to in paragraph (a), on which the person is convicted of any such offence or more than 1 such offence, be liable, in respect of that offence or, as the case may be, each of those offences, to a fine not exceeding $25,000.

      1. Every person who commits an offence against section 208 (other than against section 208(j)) shall,—

      2. on the first occasion on which the person is convicted of any such offence or more than 1 such offence, be liable, in respect of that offence or, as the case may be, each of those offences, to a fine not exceeding $2,000:
        1. on the second occasion on which the person is convicted of any such offence or more than 1 such offence, be liable, in respect of that offence or, as the case may be, each of those offences, to a fine not exceeding $4,000:
          1. on every occasion, other than the occasions referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b), on which the person is convicted of any such offence or more than 1 such offence, be liable, in respect of that offence or, as the case may be, each of those offences, to a fine not exceeding $6,000.

            1. Every person who commits an offence against section 208(j) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding the maximum fine applicable to the offence committed by the person aided, abetted, incited, or conspired with.

            Compare
            • 1976 No 65 s 416B
            • 1986 No 3 s 42(1)
            Notes
            • Section 210(1): repealed, on , by section 11(a) of the Child Support Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 65).
            • Section 210(2): amended, on , by section 11(b) of the Child Support Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 65).
            • Section 210(4): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).