Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CHILD SUPPORT (REGISTRATION AND COLLECTION) ACT 1988 - SECT 18A

  (1)   A liability is a registrable overseas maintenance liability if it is:

  (a)   a liability of a parent or step - parent of a child to pay a periodic amount for the maintenance of the child; and

  (b)   an overseas maintenance liability.

  (2)   A liability is a registrable overseas maintenance liability if it is:

  (a)   a liability of a party to a marriage to pay a periodic amount for the maintenance of the other party to the marriage; and

  (b)   an overseas maintenance liability.

  (3)   A liability is a registrable overseas maintenance liability if it is:

  (a)   an agency reimbursement liability; or

  (b)   a penalty, within the meaning of a provision that is prescribed by the regulations, of an international treaty that is so prescribed, that is payable under the law of a foreign country that is a party to the treaty.

  (4)   A liability is a registrable overseas maintenance liability if it is an amount that is in arrears under a liability mentioned in subsection   (1) or (2) or paragraph   (3)(a).

  (5)   This section is subject to section   19.