Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator the Hon Jocelyn Newman)Chapter 21 - Miscellaneous Technical Corrections
Overview
21.1 Schedule 21 of the Bill will amend the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 (the Assessment Act) to correct errors and out of date references.
Summary of the amendments
21.2 To correct out of date or incorrect references.
21.3 On the day on which the Act receives Royal Assent.
Background to the legislation
21.4 The proposed amendments contained in this schedule were errors or out of date references which were detected as a consequence of amendments to Schedules 3, 5, 7, 9, 13 and 14.
Explanation of the amendments
21.5 The proposed amendment contained in Schedule 3 identified an error in paragraph 35(c) of the Assessment Act which used the singular of "provision" instead of "provisions". [Item 1 - amend paragraph 35(c)]
21.6 The proposed amendments contained in Schedule 5 identified an omitted reference to paragraph 48(da) in paragraph 48(a) of the Assessment Act relating to modifications to the basic formula. [Item 2 - amend paragraph 48(a)
21.7 The proposed amendments contained in Schedule 7 identified an incorrect reference in section 91A of the Assessment Act to 1069-D11 (a reference in the Social Security Act 1991) . The correct reference is 1069-K3. [Item 5 -amend subsection 91A(3) ]
21.8 The proposed amendments contained in Schedule 9 identified incorrect cross references to section 67M(6) of the Family Law Act 1975 instead of to section 67N(1) of the Family Law Act 1975 . [Items 8 & 9 - amend subsection 150(9) of the Assessment Act and subsection 16(9) of the Registration and Collection Act]
21.9 The proposed amendments contained in Schedule 14 detected a typographical error of "or" instead of "of" which does not accurately reflect the purpose of the section. [Item 6 - amend subparagraph 98D(1)(f)(ii); Item 7 - amend subparagraph 118(1)(f)(ii) and paragraph 118(1)(g)]
21.10 The proposed amendments contained in Schedule 15 also highlighted out of date references in sections of the Assessment Act. [Items 3 and 4 - amend subsection 56(3), subsection 58(1)(b) and subsection 58(1A)(b)]