Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) An agreement is a limited child support agreement if:
(a) it is in writing; and
(b) it is signed by the parties to the agreement; and
(c) it complies with subsection 81(2); and
(d) either:
(i) it meets the conditions in subsection (2), (3) or (4), as the case requires, (assuming the agreement is accepted by the Registrar); or
(ii) it has been accepted by the Registrar under section 98U.
Note: In addition to the requirements in this section, there must be an administrative assessment in force in relation to the child in respect of whom the agreement is made (see subsection 92(3)).
Child support payable on day application for acceptance of agreement is made to Registrar
(2) An agreement meets the condition in this subsection if:
(a) child support is to be payable under the agreement, by one party to the agreement to the other party or parties, on the day on which the application is made to the Registrar for acceptance of the agreement; and
(b) the annual rate of child support that is so payable under the agreement on that day is at least the annual rate of child support that would otherwise be payable under this Act on that day.
Note: If the child support payable under the agreement is not a periodic amount, the regulations can prescribe the method by which that amount is to be converted into an annual rate (see subsection (5)).
Child support payable on day agreement commences
(3) An agreement meets the condition in this subsection if:
(a) child support is not to be payable under the agreement, by one party to the agreement to the other party or parties, on the day on which the application is made to the Registrar for acceptance of the agreement; but
(b) the annual rate of child support that is payable under the agreement, by one party to the agreement to the other party or parties, on the day on which the agreement commences is at least the annual rate of child support that would otherwise be payable under this Act on that day.
Child support payable for past period
(4) An agreement meets the condition in this subsection if:
(a) child support is payable under the agreement, by one party to the agreement to the other party or parties, for a period before the day on which the application is made to the Registrar for acceptance of the agreement; and
(b) the amount of child support that is so payable under the agreement for that period is at least the amount of child support that would otherwise be payable under this Act for that period.
Regulations
(5) The regulations may, for the purposes of subsections (2), (3) and (4), provide a method of converting an amount of child support that is payable under an agreement otherwise than in the form of periodic amounts into an annual rate of child support.