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Child Support Act 1991

General provisions - Miscellaneous provisions

220: Evidentiary certificates by Commissioner

You could also call this:

"Inland Revenue can write special notes about child support that are believed unless proven wrong"

The Commissioner of Inland Revenue, or someone they allow to do this job, can write a special document called a certificate. This certificate can say different things about people and child support. If the certificate says something, it's treated as true unless someone can prove it's not.

The certificate can say if someone usually lived in New Zealand on a certain day, or if they stopped living in New Zealand on a certain day. It can also say if someone asked for child support to be worked out for a specific child from a specific person on a certain day, or if they didn't. The certificate can also say if someone asked for a voluntary agreement to be accepted on a certain day, or if they didn't ask by a certain day.

When the certificate says these things, people will believe it's true without needing more proof. But if someone can show it's not true, they can still argue against it.

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Part 14General provisions
Miscellaneous provisions

220Evidentiary certificates by Commissioner

  1. A certificate by the Commissioner, or by an officer of the Inland Revenue Department authorised in that behalf by the Commissioner, stating—

  2. that a specified person was, on a specified day, ordinarily resident in New Zealand; or
    1. that a specified person ceased, on a specified day, to be ordinarily resident in New Zealand; or
      1. that an application for formula assessment of child support was or was not made on a specified day by a specified person seeking payment of child support for a specified child from a specified person; or
        1. that an application for acceptance of a voluntary agreement was made on a specified day by a specified person; or
          1. that an application for acceptance of a voluntary agreement was not made on or before a specified day by a specified person—
              1. is prima facie evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.