Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CHILD SUPPORT (REGISTRATION AND COLLECTION) ACT 1988 - SECT 26C

  (1)   If the Registrar is about to enter a period in the Child Support Register under subsection   26A(3) or 26B(3) in respect of a registrable maintenance liability or an enforceable maintenance liability, the Registrar may also enter in the Register an initial period under paragraph   26(2)(a) in respect of the liability.

When will the initial period start and end--Registrar about to enter liability

  (2)   If the Registrar is about to register the liability, the initial period starts on the day on which the liability first becomes enforceable under this Act and ends:

  (a)   in the case of the Registrar entering in the Register a payment period under subsection   26A(3)--on the day before the start day specified by the Registrar under subsection   26A(4) in respect of the liability; or

  (b)   in the case of the Registrar entering in the Register a payment period under subsection   26B(3)--on the day before the start day specified by the payer of the liability under subsection   26B(4).

Note:   Section   28 deals with when a liability first becomes enforceable under this Act.

When will the initial period start and end--Registrar varies Register under subsection   37B(7) to again make a registered maintenance liability enforceable

  (3)   If:

  (a)   a low - income non - enforcement period in relation to a registered maintenance liability ends; and

  (b)   the Registrar has varied the particulars of the Register as required by paragraph   37B(7)(1)(a) by specifying the end of the low - income non - enforcement period as the time at which the liability again becomes enforceable under this Act;

the initial period, in respect of the liability, starts on the day the Registrar has entered in the Register as the time at which the liability again becomes enforceable under this Act and ends:

  (c)   in the case of the Registrar entering in the Register a payment period under subsection   26A(3)--on the day before the start day specified by the Registrar under subsection   26A(4) in respect of the liability; or

  (d)   in the case of the Registrar entering in the Register a payment period under subsection   26B(3)--on the day before the start day specified by the payer of the liability under subsection   26B(4).

When will the initial period start and end--Registrar receives an application under subsection   39(1) to again make a registered maintenance liability enforceable

  (4)   If:

  (a)   the Registrar receives an application under subsection   39(1) for a registered maintenance liability to again become enforceable under this Act; and

  (b)   the Registrar has varied the particulars of the Child Support Register as required by paragraph   39(6)(a) by specifying a day as the day on which the liability again becomes enforceable under this Act;

the initial period, in respect of the liability, starts on the day the Registrar has entered in the Register as the day on which the liability again becomes enforceable under this Act and ends:

  (c)   in the case of the Registrar entering in the Register a payment period under subsection   26A(3)--on the day before the start day specified by the Registrar under subsection   26A(4) in respect of the liability; or

  (d)   in the case of the Registrar entering in the Register a payment period under subsection   26B(3)--on the day before the start day specified by the payer of the liability under subsection   26B(4).