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

Schedule 1   Child support amendments

Part 4   Overpayments

Division 1   Amendments

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

106   Paragraphs 71AA(1)(a) to (c)

Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:

(a) 2 persons each have a debt that is either:

(i) a child support debt arising from a liability referred to in section 17 or 17A; or

(ii) a carer debt; and

(b) the Commonwealth would (apart from this section) be required for each debt, under subsection 69B(3) or section 76, to pay the amount paid by one of the persons to the other person; and

(c) for a debt that arose from a liability referred to in section 17 or for a carer debt - the liability provided for, or related to, child support for a child of the 2 persons;