Family Assistance and Child Support Legislation Amendment (Protecting Children) Act 2018 (36 of 2018)

Schedule 1   Child support amendments

Part 4   Overpayments

Division 2   Application provisions

173   Application - amendments of the Child Support Assessment Act

(1) The amendment of subsection 143(1) of the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 made by this Part applies in relation to decisions, made after the commencement of this item, that:

(a) a payer is not liable to pay an amount; or

(b) a registered maintenance liability should never have existed.

(2) The amendments of subsections 143(3A) and (3B) of the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 made by this Part apply in relation to findings by a court made after the commencement of this item.