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Child Support Act 1991

General provisions - Miscellaneous provisions

219: Power of Commissioner in respect of small amounts

You could also call this:

“The government can ignore very small amounts of child support”

The Commissioner can choose not to collect or refund child support in certain situations. This is the case when:

The amount of child support that someone owes is $1 or less.

Or when the amount of child support that someone has paid or had taken from their pay is more than what they actually owe, but the difference is $1 or less.

This rule applies even if other parts of the law say something different.

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Part 14 General provisions
Miscellaneous provisions

219Power of Commissioner in respect of small amounts

  1. Notwithstanding anything in this Act, the Commissioner may, in the Commissioner's discretion, refrain from collecting or refunding financial support in any case where, as the case may be,—

  2. the balance of any financial support payable does not exceed $1; or
    1. the financial support paid or deducted exceeds the amount of the financial support for which the person is liable in relation to any month by an amount not exceeding $1.

      Compare
      • 1976 No 65 s 411