Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child Support Scheme - New Formula and Other Measures) Act 2006 (146 of 2006)

Schedule 5   Amendments relating to child support agreements and court orders (commencing on 1 July 2008)

Part 2   Application and transitional provisions

74   Registrar to review all agreements

(1) Before 1 July 2008, the Registrar must:

(a) review every child support agreement made before that day that will be in force:

(i) immediately before that day; or

(ii) after that day; and

(b) determine in writing whether each such agreement is:

(i) to be taken to be a binding child support agreement; or

(ii) to be terminated.

(2) If, in accordance with subitem 73(2), the Registrar accepts a child support agreement on or after 1 July 2008 under the Assessment Act as in force immediately before that day, the Registrar must:

(a) review the agreement; and

(b) determine in writing whether the agreement is:

(i) to be taken to be a binding child support agreement; or

(ii) to be terminated.

(3) After the Registrar makes a determination under subitem (1) or (2), the Registrar must serve notice in writing of the determination on each of the parties to the agreement.

(4) The notice must include, or be accompanied by, a statement to the effect:

(a) that the party may, subject to the Registration and Collection Act, object to the decision (the original decision ); and

(b) that if the party is aggrieved by a later decision on an objection to the original decision (no matter who lodges the objection), the party may apply, subject to that Act, to the SSAT for review of the later decision.

(5) A contravention of subitem (4) in relation to a decision does not affect the validity of the decision.

(6) The Registration and Collection Act (as amended by Schedule 3 of this Act) applies as if the table in subsection 80(1) of that Act (as inserted by Schedule 3 of this Act) included the following table item: