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Child Support Act 1991

Collection of financial support - Due dates for payment of financial support

134A: Status of penalties under section 134

You could also call this:

“Penalties are treated like money you owe to the government”

If you have to pay a penalty under section 134, you should know that it’s treated as a debt you owe to the government. This penalty is handled the same way as the original amount you were supposed to pay. The government can collect this penalty just like they would collect the original amount. However, there’s one exception: the rules in Part 9 of the law don’t apply to these penalties.

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Part 8 Collection of financial support
Due dates for payment of financial support

134AStatus of penalties under section 134

  1. A penalty payable under section 134—

  2. is a debt due to the Crown; and
    1. must for all purposes (except the purposes of Part 9) be treated as, and is accordingly recoverable as if it were, of the same nature as the amount in respect of which it was imposed.

      Compare
      • 1976 No 65 s 398
      • 1985 No 141 s 41
      Notes
      • Section 134A: inserted, on , by section 39 of the Child Support Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 12).