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Child Support Act 1991

General provisions - Miscellaneous provisions

219A: Power of Commissioner where small debit results from exchange rate fluctuations

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“Commissioner can forgive small child support debts caused by currency changes”

If you owe a small amount of child support at the end of the year, and it’s less than $20, the Commissioner might decide not to collect it. This can happen if:

You lived outside of New Zealand during that year.

You paid your child support in a foreign currency.

The small amount you owe is because of changes in exchange rates.

The Commissioner can choose to do this even if other parts of the law say differently.

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Part 14 General provisions
Miscellaneous provisions

219APower of Commissioner where small debit results from exchange rate fluctuations

  1. Despite anything else in this Act, where the balance of any financial support payable at the end of a child support year does not exceed $20, the Commissioner may, in the Commissioner's discretion, refrain from collecting the financial support if—

  2. the financial support is payable by a liable person who, during the child support year, resided in a country outside New Zealand; and
    1. financial support was paid by the liable person during the child support year in a foreign currency; and
      1. the balance payable is due to fluctuations in the exchange rate.

        Notes
        • Section 219A: inserted, on , by section 34 of the Child Support Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 81).