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Child Support Act 1991

Departure from formula assessment of child support initiated by liable parent or receiving carer

96BA: Four-month time limit for certain applications that are time-barred under section 87A

You could also call this:

“Four-month window to ask for changes to old child support assessments”

You have four months to make a special request about your child support assessment if it’s for a time that’s usually too old to change. This request is called an application under section 96B. You need to send this application to the Commissioner within four months of getting your latest assessment notice for that time period.

When we say “time-barred period”, we mean the time after which the Commissioner usually can’t change an assessment. This is explained in section 87A. However, there are some exceptions when changes can still be made.

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Part 6A Departure from formula assessment of child support initiated by liable parent or receiving carer

96BAFour-month time limit for certain applications that are time-barred under section 87A

  1. An application under section 96B that asks for a determination in relation to a time-barred period must be received by the Commissioner within 4 months after the date on which the latest notice of assessment in respect of that period is given by the Commissioner to the applicant.

  2. In this section, a time-barred period means the period in section 87A after which the Commissioner may not amend an assessment unless an exception under that section applies.

Notes
  • Section 96BA: inserted, on , by section 34 of the Child Support Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 6).